Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
REC Diocese of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Anglican Church in North America |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 24 (2023)[1] |
Members | 1,393 (2023)[1] |
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Rite | Anglican |
Current leadership | |
Bishop ordinary | R. Charles Gillin |
Coadjutor | William A. Jenkins Sr. |
Website | |
Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Official Website |
The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with the Convocation of Eastern Canada, formerly known as the New York and Philadelphia Synod, is a founding jurisdiction of the Reformed Episcopal Church in 1873 and, more recently, a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009. It comprises 27 parishes, 26 of them in five American states – Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York – and one in the Canadian province of Ontario.[2] The headquarters are located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The current bishop is R. Charles Gillin.[3]
The Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States, founded in 1873, was originally organized into synods. The New York and Philadelphia Synod, one of the REC's founding synods, was renamed the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic when the nomenclature was changed in 1984.[citation needed]
As part of the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic took part in the Anglican realignment movement in the United States, being one of the founding dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009.
The diocese is home for the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
List of bishops ordinary
Bishops from 1873 to 1984 were bishops of the New York and Philadelphia synod; bishops from 1984 to the present were bishops of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
- George D. Cummins (1873–1876)
- William R. Nicholson (1876–1901)
- James Allen Latané (1901–1902)
- William T. Sabine (1902–1913)
- Robert Livingston Rudolph (1913–1930)
- Robert Westly Peach (1930–1936)
- William Culbertson III (1937–1942)
- Howard D. Higgins (1942–1972)[4]
- Theophilus J. Herter (1972–1984)
- Leonard W. Riches (1984–2008)
- David L. Hicks (2008–2019)
- R. Charles Gillin (2019–present)
Parishes
As of 2022, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic had 25 parishes.[5] Notable parishes in the diocese include:
Church | Image | City | Year founded | Year completed | Notes |
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Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() | Catonsville, Maryland | 1874 | 1961 | Founded as the Church of the Rock of Ages |
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement | ![]() | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1875 | 1929 | Founded as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church |
Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1887 | 1888 | Location of Reformed Episcopal Seminary campus, 1887–2001. Demolished 2018. |
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() | Havre de Grace, Maryland | 1910 | 1910 |
References
- ^ a b "Congregational Reporting: 2023 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
- ^ Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
- ^ Waggoner, Walter H. (April 12, 1980). "Bishop Howard D. Higgins Dies; Led a Reformed Episcopal Synod". New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "State of the Church Report" (PDF). Reformed Episcopal Church. December 31, 2022. pp. 5G - 1-5. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
External links
- Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
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