Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

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Diocese of Connecticut
Diocese of Connecticut seal.jpg
Location
Country United States
Territory Connecticut
Ecclesiastical province Province I
Statistics
Congregations152 (2023)
Members36,743 (2023)
Information
Denomination Episcopal Church
EstablishedAugust 3, 1785
Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral
Language English, Spanish
Current leadership
Bishop Jeffrey Mello
Suffragans Laura J. Ahrens
Map
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The Episcopal Church in Connecticut
Website
www.episcopalct.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (also known as The Episcopal Church in Connecticut) is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the entire state of Connecticut. It is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church and one of seven New England dioceses that make up Province 1.

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Overview

Anglican services have been conducted in Connecticut since 1702. The diocese was established on 22 June 1785 following the American Revolution, and is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church. The inaugural diocesan bishop was the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury, the first Anglican bishop with a see outside the British Isles; he also served as Presiding Bishop of the Church.

Later bishops included the Rt. Rev. Walter H. Gray, who was also the first chair of the Civil Rights Commission in Connecticut and played a leading role in two meetings of the Lambeth Conference. The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, preached at the consecration of the 15th Bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, in 2010. [1] Douglas was assisted by the Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens as suffragan, the first woman to be elected bishop in Connecticut. [2] The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Mello succeeded Douglas as the 16th Bishop of Connecticut in 2022. [3]

The bishop's cathedra is situated at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, and the diocesan offices are located in Meriden.

As of 2021 the diocese had a membership of approximately 40,000, down from 68,000 in 2003.

List of bishops

Bishops of Connecticut
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
17841796 Samuel Seabury Also Presiding Bishop 1789–1792 and Bishop of Rhode Island 1790−1796; died in office.
17971813 Abraham Jarvis Died in office.
18191865 Thomas Church Brownell Also Presiding Bishop 1852−1865; died in office.
18651899 John Williams Previously coadjutor since 1851; also Presiding Bishop 1887−1899; also provisional bishop of Mexico; died in office.
18991928 Chauncey Bunce Brewster Previously coadjutor since 1897.
19281934 Edward Campion Acheson Previously suffragan 1915–1926 and coadjutor since 1926.
19341950 Frederick Grandy Budlong Previously coadjutor since 1931.
19511969 Walter Henry Gray Previously suffragan 1940–1945 and coadjutor since 1945.
19511957 Robert McConnell Hatch, suffragan bishopLater Bishop of Western Massachusetts.
19691970 John Henry Esquirol Previously suffragan since 1958.
19711977 Joseph Warren Hutchens Previously suffragan since 1961.
19771981 Morgan Porteus Previously suffragan 1971–1976 and coadjutor since 1976.
19811993 Arthur Edward Walmsley Previously coadjutor since 1979.
19811986 William Bradford Turner Hastings, suffragan bishop
19931999 Clarence Nicholas Coleridge Previously suffragan since 1981; later assisting bishop in Pennsylvania; first African-American bishop in Connecticut and third in the United States.
19871993 Jeffrey William Rowthorn, suffragan bishopLater bishop-in-charge in Europe.
19992010 Andrew Donnan Smith Previously suffragan since 1996.
20002014 [4] James Elliot Curry, suffragan bishop
20002005 Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, suffragan bishopLater provisional bishop in Central Ecuador.
2007present Laura Jean Ahrens, suffragan bishop
20102022 Ian Theodore Douglas
2022present Jeffrey William Mello

Churches

The diocese is divided into six geographical areas known as regions. [5] As of 2022, the there were approximately 190 places of worship in the diocese. [6]

Northwest region

  • All Saints with Christ, Oakville
  • All Saints' Church, Wolcott
  • Christ Church, Bethlehem
  • Christ Church, Roxbury
  • Christ Church, Sharon
  • Christ Church, Waterbury
  • Church of the Epiphany, Southbury
  • St. Andrew's Church, Kent
  • St. Andrew's Church, Dale
  • St. Andrew's Church, Washington
  • St. George's Church, Middlebury
  • St. James's Church, Winsted
  • St. John's Church, New Milford
  • St. John's Church, Pine Meadow
  • St. John's Church, Salisbury
  • St. John's Church, Washington
  • St. John's Church, Waterbury
  • St. Mark's Church, Bridgewater
  • St. Michael's Church, Litchfield
  • St. Paul's Church, Bantam
  • St. Paul's Church, Brookfield
  • St. Paul's Church, Woodbury
  • St. Peter's-Trinity Church, Thomaston
  • Trinity Church, Lime Rock
  • Trinity Church, Litchfield
  • Trinity Church, Torrington

North central region

  • Christ Church, Middle Haddam
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Bristol
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford
  • Church of the Epiphany, Durham
  • Emmanuel Church, Killingworth
  • Grace Church, Hartford
  • Grace Church, Newington
  • Grace Church, Windsor
  • Holy Trinity Church, Middletown
  • Old St. Andrew's Church, Bloomfield
  • St. Alban's Church, Simsbury
  • St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Rocky Hill
  • St. Andrew's Church, Meriden
  • St. Gabriel's Church, Berlin
  • St. James's Church, Farmington
  • St. James's Church, Higganum
  • St. James's Church, West Hartford
  • St. John's Church, East Hartford
  • St. John's Church, West Hartford
  • St. Luke's Church, South Glastonbury
  • St. Mark's Church, New Britain
  • St. Martin's Church, Hartford
  • St. Monica's Church, Hartford
  • St. Paul's Church, Southington
  • St. Stephen's Church, Bloomfield
  • Todos los Santos Church, Meriden
  • Trinity Church, Collinsville
  • Trinity Church, Hartford
  • Trinity Church, Portland
  • Trinity Church, Tariffville
  • Trinity Church, Wethersfield

Northeast region

  • All Saints' Church, Hartford
  • Christ Church, Pomfret
  • Grace Church, Stafford
  • Holy Trinity Church, Enfield
  • St. George's Church, Bolton
  • St. James's Church, Glastonbury
  • St. John's Church, East Windsor
  • St. John's Church, Vernon
  • St. Mark's Church, Storrs
  • St. Mary's Church, Manchester
  • St. Paul's Church, Plainfield
  • St. Paul's Church, Willimantic
  • St. Paul's Church, Windham
  • St. Peter's Church, Hebron
  • St. Peter's Church, South Windsor
  • Trinity Church, Brooklyn

Southwest region

  • Calvary-St. George's Church, Bridgeport
  • Christ and Holy Trinity Church, Easton
  • Christ Church, Greenwich
  • Christ Church, Norwalk
  • Christ Church, Reading
  • Christ Church, Stratford
  • Christ Church, Tashua
  • Église de l'Épiphanie, Stamford
  • Emmanuel Church, Weston
  • Grace Church, Trumbull
  • Iglesia Betania, Stamford
  • San Lucas y San Pablo Church, Bridgeport
  • St. Andrew's Church, Stamford
  • St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich
  • St. Francis Church, Stamford
  • St. James's Church, Danbury
  • St. John's Church, Bridgeport
  • St. John's Church, Stamford
  • St. Luke's Church, Darien
  • St. Mark's Church, Bridgeport
  • St. Mark's Church, New Canaan
  • St. Matthew's Church, Wilton
  • St. Paul's on the Green, Norwalk
  • St. Paul's Church, Darien
  • St. Paul's Church, Fairfield
  • St. Paul's Church, Riverside
  • St. Paul's Church, Shelton
  • St. Peter's on the Green, Monroe
  • St. Peter's, Milford
  • St. Saviour's Church, Old Greenwich
  • St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield
  • St. Thomas Church, Bethel
  • St. Timothy's Church, Fairfield
  • Trinity-St. Michael's Church, Fairfield
  • Trinity Church, Newtown
  • Trinity Church, Southport
  • Trinity Church, Trumbull

South central region

  • Christ Church, Ansonia
  • Christ Church, Bethany
  • Christ Church, Guilford
  • Christ Church, New Haven
  • Christ Church, Oxford
  • Church of Christ and the Epiphany, East Haven
  • Church of Immanuel and St. James, Derby
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Orange
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Shelton
  • Church of the Holy Spirit, West Haven
  • Grace and St. Peter's Church, Hamilton
  • St. Andrew's Church, Northford
  • St. Andrew's Church, Milford
  • St. James's Church, New Haven
  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Yalesville
  • St. John's Church, Guilford
  • St. John's Church, New Haven
  • St. Luke's Church, New Haven
  • St. Michael's Church, Naugatuck
  • St. Paul and St. James's Church, New Haven
  • St. Paul's Church, Wallingford
  • St. Peter's Church, Cheshire
  • St. Peter's Church, Oxford
  • St. Thomas Church, New Haven
  • Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven
  • Trinity Church, Branford
  • Trinity Church, Seymour
  • Zion Church, North Branford

Southeast region

  • All Saints' Church, Ivoryton
  • Calvary Church, Stonington
  • Grace Church, Old Saybrook
  • Grace Church, Yantic
  • Holy Advent Church, Clinton
  • St. Andrew's Church, Madison
  • St. Ann's Church, Old Lyme
  • St. David's Church, Gales Ferry
  • St. James's Church, New London
  • St. James's Church, Preston
  • St. John's Church, Essex
  • St. John's Church, Niantic
  • St. Mark's Church, Mystic
  • St. Paul's Church, Westbrook
  • St. Stephen's Church, East Haddam

See also

References

  1. ↑ Episcopal Life Online Archived 2010-04-27 at the Wayback Machine item, April 19, 2010
  2. ↑ "Episcopal News Service report". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  3. ↑ Episcopal News Service, "Connecticut consecrates Jeffrey Mello as diocesan bishop", 17 October 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Staff Directory".
  5. ↑ Episcopal Church in Connecticut, "Regions". Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Episcopal Church in Connecticut, "Our Parishes". Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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