Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina

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Diocese of East Carolina
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Location
Country United States
Ecclesiastical province Province 4
Statistics
Parishes67 (2021) [1]
Members14,852 (2021)[ citation needed ]
Information
Denomination Episcopal Church
EstablishedOctober 9, 1883
Current leadership
Bishop Robert Skirving
Map
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Location of the Diocese of East Carolina
Website
www.diocese-eastcarolina.org

The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States that covers most of eastern North Carolina. The diocese was formed from the existing Diocese of North Carolina on October 9, 1883, by action of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. [2] It consists of the congregations of the Episcopal Church in the eastern portion of the state of North Carolina and forms part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church. Major cities of the diocese include Wilmington, Fayetteville, New Bern, and Greenville. Originally its offices were located in Wilmington, but in 1983 a new diocesan house was built in Kinston, North Carolina, in order to be located more centrally in the diocese's territory. The diocese's current bishop is Robert Skirving. [2] [1]

Contents

List of bishops

Bishops of East Carolina
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18841905 Alfred A. Watson Alfred Augustin Watson (August 21, 1818, Brooklyn, NY – April 21, 1905, Wilmington, NC); elected December 13, 1883 and consecrated April 17, 1884; died in office.
19051914 Robert Strange (December 6, 1857, Wilmington, NC – August 23, 1914, Wilmington, NC); elected coadjutor before October 7, 1903 and consecrated November 1, 1904; died in office.
19151945 Thomas C. Darst [3] Thomas Campbell Darst (November 10, 1875, Pulaski, VA – September 1, 1948); elected October 7, 1914 and consecrated January 6, 1915; retired May 1, 1945.
19451973 Tom Wright [4] Thomas Henry Wright (October 16, 1904, Wilmington, NC – April 26, 1997, Porter's Neck, NC); elected May 24 and consecrated October 5, 1945; retired 1973.
19731983 Hunley A. Elebash [5] Hunley Agee Elebash (July 23, 1923, Pensacola, FL – October 20, 1993, Wilmington, NC); elected coadjutor before September 27 and consecrated October 2, 1968; retired August, 1983.
19912009 Charles Vaché, assisting bishop [6] Claude Charles Vaché (August 4, 1926, North Carolina – November 1, 2009, Virginia Beach, VA); retired Bishop of Southern Virginia.
19831997 B. Sidney Sanders [7] Brice Sidney Sanders (October 15, 1930 – June 5, 1997); elected coadjutor and consecrated June 9, 1979; died in office.
19972013 Clifton Daniel [8] Coadjutor since 1996. Diocesan from 1997 to 2013. Resigned February 28, 2013 to become Bishop Provisional of The Diocese of Pennsylvania.
20092012 Santosh Marray, Bishop Assisting [9] Previously Bishop of the Seychelles. Now Bishop Assistant of the Diocese of Alabama.
20132015 Peter James Lee, Bishop Provisional [10] Previously Bishop of Virginia, retired. Elected Bishop Provisional at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC on March 9, 2013.
2015incumbent Robert Skirving [11] Elected Diocesan Bishop at Christ Church in New Bern, NC on May 17, 2015. Consecrated November 8, 2014. Bishop Diocesan.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Episcopal Diocese Bishop Rob Skirving of Kinston reflects on the pandemic, unrest and good works". New Bern Sun Journal . August 11, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "How We Got Here - Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina". www.diocese-eastcarolina.org.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Campbell Darst - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery.
  4. ↑ "The Living Church: Search Results". episcopalarchives.org.
  5. ↑ "Presiding Bishop to Ordain Reverends Wolf and Elebash". Diocesan Press Service. 16 September 1968.
  6. ↑ "BLESSED IS THE PEACEMAKER". Daily Press.
  7. ↑ "Bishop Sanders of East Carolina Dies". Diocesan Press Service. 29 June 1997.
  8. ↑ StarNews, BEN STEELMAN-Wilmington. "Eastern North Carolina Episcopal bishop resigns". The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC.
  9. ↑ "Bishop Santosh". Dicoese of Easton.
  10. ↑ "Peter Lee nominated as bishop provisional for East Carolina". Episcopal News Service. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "East Carolina diocese elects Robert Skirving as bishop". Episcopal News Service. May 19, 2014.

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