Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

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REC Diocese of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Seal of the REC Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.png
Location
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes24 (2023) [1]
Members1,393 (2023) [1]
Information
Rite Anglican
Current leadership
Bishop ordinary 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 current bishop is Bill Jenkins. [3]

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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 Oreland, 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.

  1. George D. Cummins (1873–1876)
  2. William R. Nicholson (1876–1901)
  3. James Allen Latané (1901–1902)
  4. William T. Sabine (1902–1913)
  5. Robert Livingston Rudolph (1913–1930)
  6. Robert Westly Peach (1930–1936)
  7. William Culbertson III (1937–1942)
  8. Howard D. Higgins (1942–1972) [4]
  9. Theophilus J. Herter (1972–1984)
  10. Leonard W. Riches (1984–2008)
  11. David L. Hicks (2008–2019)
  12. R. Charles Gillin (2019–2025)
  13. William A. Jenkins Sr. (2025–present)

Parishes

As of 2022, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic had 25 parishes. [5] Notable parishes in the diocese include:

ChurchImageCityYear foundedYear completedNotes
St. Alban's Church St. Alban's Church, Tudor City Place, New York 02.jpg New York City 18741877Also known as the First Reformed Episcopal Church
Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church Bishop-Cummins-Memorial-REC-front.jpg Catonsville, Maryland 18741961Founded as the Church of the Rock of Ages
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement REC Atonement (2).jpg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18751929Founded as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church
Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church RESeminary.jpg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18871888Location of Reformed Episcopal Seminary campus, 1887–2001. Demolished 2018.
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church Grace REC Maryland 2.jpg Havre de Grace, Maryland 19101910

References

  1. 1 2 "Congregational Reporting: 2023 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
  3. ↑ Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
  4. ↑ Waggoner, Walter H. (April 12, 1980). "Bishop Howard D. Higgins Dies; Led a Reformed Episcopal Synod". New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "State of the Church Report" (PDF). Reformed Episcopal Church. December 31, 2022. pp. 5G - 1-5. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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