Episcopal ministry
Serving the Church in faith and charity
Our bishop and archbishop serve the clergy and faithful, guard the apostolic teaching, and strengthen the common life of our parishes.
Bishop Ordinary
The Right Reverend Benton E. Jones, Jr.
Bishop Jones was ordained Deacon on December 15, 2007, and ordained to the Priesthood on the Feast of St. James, July 25, 2009, at St. George’s Anglican Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, by the Right Reverend William C. Wiygul, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the South, APCK. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on September 17, 2021, at All Saints Anglican Church, Bolingbrook, Illinois, by the Most Reverend John E. Upham, Jr., Chief Consecrator, assisted by the Council of Bishops.
Bishop Jones became the Ordinary of the Diocese of the Atlantic States effective September 1, 2026, following the retirement of Archbishop Schultz as Ordinary of the Diocese. He was formally inducted and installed as Ordinary by the Right Reverend William C. Wiygul, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of the South, at the Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter on September 20, 2026.
“O tarry thou the Lord’s leisure; be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord.”
Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Christ the King
The Most Reverend Blair William Schultz
On June 14, 2023, the Feast of Saint Basil, the Council of Bishops elected the Right Reverend Blair W. Schultz as the fifth Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Christ the King. He was consecrated Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of the Atlantic States in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 21, 2017, elected Bishop Coadjutor in 2021, and became Bishop Ordinary upon the passing of Archbishop John Exley Upham, serving as Ordinary until his retirement from that office in 2026.
Archbishop Schultz was granted a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Monmouth College, Illinois, in 1972 and a Master of Science in Forensic Science in 1974. He served as a Physical Science Technician with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Washington, D.C., and then worked for the Illinois State Police for thirty years.
Called to the priesthood, he attended St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley and received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 2007. Ordained Deacon in 1998 and Priest in 2006, he became Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Bolingbrook, Illinois, in 2008. He was appointed Canon to the Archbishop of the APCK in 2012 and Canon to the Bishop of the DAS in 2015.
Archbishop Schultz serves today as President of the Standing Committee of the DAS and as a member of the Marriage Tribunal, the Board of Examining Chaplains, and the Ecclesiastical Court of the Diocese. He is Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Bolingbrook, Illinois, St. Joseph’s Collegiate Chapel in Berkeley, California, and St. Ann Chapel in Palo Alto, California.
He has worked with children from pre-school through elementary grades for many years, serving on the Board of Directors of St. John’s Pre-School and as Program Co-Director for 4th Grade Sunday School students for fifteen years. He has faithfully served as Church Treasurer, Senior Warden, and Junior Warden, and has worked with Big Brothers and Big Sisters for twenty-three years.
