The Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Waynick served the Diocese of Indianapolis for 20 years. Photo: Diocese of Indianapolis
[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Waynick, who served as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 30 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was 76.
“On this Feast of All Saints, we give thanks for Bishop Cate’s faithful ministry and steadfast love for the Church. We ask your prayers for her husband, Larry, for their family, and for all who mourn her passing,” said Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, in an email to the diocese announcing Waynick’s death.
Waynick served as bishop of the Indianapolis diocese from 1997 to 2017. In 2017, she was elected and served two years as provisional bishop in what was then the Diocese of Eastern Michigan, now part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes.
She began her ordained ministry in the Diocese of Michigan, serving churches in Bloomfield Hills and Pontiac before becoming a bishop. In addition to her ministry in Indianapolis, Waynick served on several General Convention legislative committees, on the abundance committee of the Church Pension Fund and on the task force to revise Title IV disciplinary canons. She served as president of the disciplinary board for bishops and as a governor of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Waynick was born in Michigan on Nov. 13, 1948. She is survived by her husband, Larry Waynick, and their two children.
Additional information will be added as it becomes available.