Bishop's Visitation Schedule
Episcopal Visitation
According to the Canons of The Episcopal Church, bishops should visit each congregation at least once every three years. Below is the visitation schedule for the upcoming season for Bishop Douglas F. Scharf.
Our visitations are subject to change, and are subject to CDC and diocesan capacity guidelines. Questions? Call ahead and confirm with your parish or Diocesan House at [email protected].
Guidelines for Visits:
- Visitation Notification Form (to be completed and returned to Diocesan House)
- Bishops' Visitation Guidelines
Fall Visitation Schedule:
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8/13/2023 - St. Mary's - Dade City
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8/20/2023 - Good Shepherd - LaBelle
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8/27/2023 - Resurrestion - Largo
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9/3/2023 - St. Elizabeth - Zephyrhills
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9/10/2023 - St. James - Port Charlotte
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9/17/2023 - Lamb of God - Ft. Myers
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9/24/2013 - House of Bishops
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10/1/2023 - St. John's - Brooksville
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10/8/2023 - Post-Convention Sunday
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10/15/2023 - St. Luke's - Ft. Myers
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10/22/2023 - St. Alfred's - Palm Harbor
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10/29/2023 - All Souls - N. Ft. Myers
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11/5/2023 - St. Vincent's - St. Petersburg
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11/12/2023 - Traveling
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11/19/2023 - St. Mary Magdalene - Lakewood Ranch
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11/26/2023 - Traveling
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12/3/2023 - House of Bishops
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12/10/2023 - St. Edmund's - Arcadia
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12/17/2023 - Grace - Tampa
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12/24/2023 - Cathedral Church of St. Peter - St. Petersburg
Spring Visitation Schedule:
News from Bishop Smith
Sermon Preached at the Annual Chrism Mass 2023
April 05, 2023
VENICE - Sermon Preached at the Annual Chrism Mass 2023, Diocese of Southwest Florida on April 4, 2023 at St. Mark’s, Venice by the Rt. Rev. Douglas F. Scharf, Bishop.
Bishop Scharf Announces Water and the Word Conference May 5 & 6, 2023
March 26, 2023
PARRISH - Bishop Doug Scharf announces the Water and the Word Conference happening this May 5 & 6 at DaySpring. The conference will include keynote speakers Jerusalem Greer, John Roberto, and Bishop Scharf. A variety of expert-led workshops, panel discussions, activities, and prayerful reflection will round out the two-day event.
"Jesus was a Leadership Genius!"
March 10, 2023
PARRISH - The Right Reverend Robert (Rob) Wright, Bishop of Atlanta, visited the diocese and presented Leadership as a Spiritual Practice to the College of Presbyters and the Retired Clergy & Spouses and Surviving Spouses gatherings last week at DaySpring.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s statement on the death of the Most Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III
March 06, 2023
NEW YORK- The Most Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III, who served as the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church from 1998-2006, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 85.
Episcopal leaders express frustration, concern over limits on teaching of Black history
February 02, 2023
[Episcopal News Service] In the 1980s, as a teenager in an all-Black high school in Detroit, Michigan, the Rev. Ronald Byrd Sr., The Episcopal Church’s missioner for African descent ministries, learned he had a place in America.
The Rev. Deacon S. Michael Kitt has been named Archdeacon of the Diocese of Southwest Florida.
October 21, 2022
PARRISH – The Rev. Deacon S. Michael Kitt has been named Archdeacon of the Diocese of Southwest Florida.
Bishop Scharf's visit to Holy Innocent's, Valrico.
