1853 -- Oregon and Washington Territories – the General Convention of the Episcopal Church created the Missionary District of Oregon and Washington territory in 1853, almost 20 years after the Episcopal Missionary Convention of 1835 created missionary districts.
1854 – Thomas Fielding Scott consecrated bishop of Oregon and Washington territory and arrived in Oregon on April 12, 1854.
1855 – While traveling east, the Rev. John McCarty, a U.S. Army chaplain, held the first service east of the Cascade Mountains at Fort Dalles, Oregon.
1867 – Bishop Scott died suddenly while on a trip to New York City.
1868 – First General Convention after the Civil War, the convention elected the Rev. Benjamin Wistar Morris, of Philadelphia, to be next Bishop of Oregon and Washington territory. Bishop Morris arrived in Portland, Oregon on June 2, 1869. Morris begins his visitations and travels east from Portland that same year.
1870s – with the support of the Rev. Lemuel Wells and the Rev. Dr. Reuben Nevius, small congregations and missions began to form. By 1873, the first cornerstone of the “Nevius” churches was laid at Baker City and named St. Stephen’s, with others to follow over the next three years. The Rev. Nevius built St. John’s, Union (cornerstone 1873); Ascension Church, Cove, (cornerstone 1873); St. Peter’s, La Grande, (cornerstone 1874); St. Paul’s, The Dalles, (1875); All Saints, Weston, (cornerstone 1875); and St. Thomas, Canyon City, (cornerstone 1876). Church of the Redeemer, Pendleton cornerstone was laid 1875.
1880s
1880 – General Convention separated Oregon and Washington into separate Missionary Districts.
1884 – Ascension School opened in Cove on the foundation of the Samuel French estate.
1889 – Oregon (entire state) became Diocese of Oregon with Bishop Morris as diocesan bishop.
1890s
1893 – Ascension School for Girls burned. School continued in the barn until 1895. The school closed officially in 1906.
1897 – Church of the Redeemer, Pendleton, replaced with Old English Gothic style building
1899 – All Saints, Heppner cornerstone laid May 26
1900s
1903 – Flood ravaged Heppner, Oregon, destroying the church. Church was rebuilt and consecrated April 10, 1904.
1904 – Episcopal church in Sumpter, Oregon built.
1905 – St. Mark’s, Hood River original church built
1906 – Bishop Morris dies on Palm Sunday. The Rev. Charles Scadding elected third bishop of Oregon and consecrated September 21, 1906.
1907 – Eastern Oregon ceded to General Convention June 14, 1907. General Convention reformed Eastern Oregon into its own Missionary District and the Rev. Robert Lewis Paddock elected the first Bishop of the Missionary District of Eastern Oregon.
1910s
1913 – St. Paul’s, Nyssa Parish House cornerstone laid 1913 and completed that year. Later remodeled in the 1950s.
1920s
1922 – Bishop Paddock resigns. The Rev. William P. Remington elected second bishop of Eastern Oregon.
1924 – Ascension Camp opened with camping tents and the old converted carriage house as remaining building.
1925 – cornerstone laid for present St. Mark’s, Hood River.
1925 – Klamath Falls school district buys St. Paul’s site and building. Cornerstone for new building laid November 15, 1925, completed in 1926.
1928 – St. Mathew’s Guild Hall in Ontario built by the Women’s Episcopal Guild
1929 – Congregation of St. Andrew’s, Burns, remodeled the old high school building into church with first service August 25, 1929.
1929 – Original church of Trinity, Bend, relocated on site. Construction of Gothic high gable church completed in October, 1929.
1930s
1930 – Paxton Depot bought by Women’s Guild in Gateway, Oregon. Moved 15 miles north of Madras on Highway 97 and dedicated by Bishop Remington in 1935. Cross Keys and Madras residents worshiped together here.
1930 – Construction begun on St. Barnabas in Langell Valley (Bonanza). After completion, and a few services was formally dedicated and consecrated by Bishop Remington on April 26, 1931.
1933 – St. Luke’s, Lakeview completed after the congregation had moved around and worshiped in temporary quarters for 20 years.
1940s
1944 – All Saints, Weston moved to Milton-Freewater. After refurbishing, the church was rededicated as St. James Church May 19, 1944.
1945 – Bishop Remington elected Suffragan Bishop of Pennsylvania.
1946 – House of Bishops, after considerable deliberation of keeping the district intact, elected the Rev. Lane W. Barton as the third bishop of Eastern Oregon on October 9, 1946.
1947 – St. Andrew’s, Prineville, built their first parish hall/church on corner of First and Holly Streets.
1950s
1950 – Madras congregation that had been meeting in in Grange Hall built church in Madras and was consecrated by Bishop Barton March 12, 1950.
1950 – September 10, 1950 groundbreaking for St. John’s, Hermiston. Church quickly completed and consecrated January 21, 1951 by Bishop Barton.
1956 – New church of St. Matthew’s, Ontario held first service Christmas Eve.
1958 – Construction and groundbreaking of first St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Redmond.
1959 – St. Patrick’s Mission first building constructed outdoor chapel at Wallowa Lake and dedicated July 26, 1959.
1960s
1960 - January 3, 1960 ground broken for the new St. Patrick’s to be built next to the Enterprise School.
1961 – New building of St. Andrew’s, Prineville dedicated December 3, 1961.
1967 – St. Andrew’s church in Burns burned to the ground. New church constructed and dedicated in 1968.
1968 – Bishop Barton resigned October 1, 1968 and retired to Vancouver, Washington.
1969 – The Rev. William Spofford consecrated fourth bishop of Eastern Oregon on January 25, 1969 during a snowstorm in Ontario, Oregon.
1970s
1970 – General Convention grants diocesan status to most missionary districts, including Eastern Oregon.
1971 – Eastern Oregon meets for their first convention as the Diocese of Eastern Oregon.
1973 - General Convention conveys Klikitat County, Washington, to the Diocese of Eastern Oregon.
1979 – Bishop Spofford submitted resignation May 25, 1979. Was called by Bishop John T. Walker to serve as Assistant Bishop of Diocese of Washington.
1980s
1980 – The Rev. Rustin “Rusty” Kimsey elected fifth bishop of Eastern Oregon. First bishop to be elected by the diocese, not the House of Bishops as a missionary bishop.
1983 – Church of the Transfiguration, Sisters broke ground for a church after the congregation had been meeting in other buildings for over a decade.
1990s
1997 – Episcopalians meeting jointly with Lutherans in Sunriver petitioned to become a parish and was recognized as All Saints of the Cascades. The worshipers continued onward and met in the Catholic Church and continued on as Sunriver Christian Fellowship.
2000s
2000 – Rusty Kimsey retires as bishop of Eastern Oregon June 20, 2000.
2000 – The Rev. William O. Gregg elected sixth bishop of Eastern Oregon and consecrated on September 23, 2000.
2004 – St. Alban’s, Redmond sold because of highway construction interference. New property purchased in 2005 and congregation renovated the existing building. Began worshipping in this, their second building, on the new site.
2007 – Bishop Gregg resigned February 5, 2007 and became Assistant Bishop of North Carolina.
2009 – The Rt. Rev. Bavi “Nedi” Rivera elected bishop of Eastern Oregon May 23, 2009. Served as a part-time bishop and considered provisional at first, and later designated seventh bishop of Eastern Oregon.
2010s
2015 – Bishop Rivera retires as Bishop of Eastern Oregon effective on consecration of new bishop.
2016 – The Rev. Patrick Bell elected eighth bishop of Eastern Oregon December 2015 and consecrated Bishop in Bend, Oregon, April 2016.
2018-2019 – St. Andrew’s, Prineville sold, and the congregation purchased a new, smaller building.
2018 – Grace Chapel congregation was welcomed and obtained status as a parish at Snake River Correctional Institute.
2021 - St. Alban's sold their acreage and building and moved to a storefront location in the Nolan Town Center in Redmond.
2021 – October, 2021 - Diocesan Convention accepted the closure of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Klamath Falls.
2022– Sunriver Christian Fellowship/All Saints of the Cascades moves out of the Catholic Church into their newly renovated building.