Episcopal Diocese of Delaware

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Diocese of Delaware

Diœcesis Delavariensis
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Location
Country United States
Ecclesiastical province Province III
Statistics
Congregations32 (2023)
Members6,913 (2023)
Information
Denomination Episcopal Church
EstablishedSeptember 26, 1786
Language English, Spanish
Current leadership
Bishop Kevin S. Brown
Map
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Location of the Diocese of Delaware
Website
www.dioceseofdelaware.net

The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, is one of 108 dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 33 congregations or parishes in an area the same as the State of Delaware. The diocese is led by a bishop and staff and provides episcopal supervision and some administrative assistance for its parishes.

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The current bishop, the eleventh Bishop of Delaware, is Kevin Scott Brown, who was consecrated bishop December 9, 2017, and succeeded Wayne P. Wright upon the latter's retirement. The diocesan offices were located for many years at the campus of the Cathedral Church of Saint John, in Wilmington, Delaware. When the cathedral closed in 2012, the offices moved, in 2014, to 913 Wilson Road, Wilmington, DE the site of the former Saint Alban's Church.

History

The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, dates its foundation to 1785, the first time a delegation was sent representing the diocese to the General Convention. Charles Wharton presided over the first state convention on September 26, 1786, at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania or the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, but under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

List of bishops

Bishops over Delaware
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
17871828 William White , Bishop of Pennsylvania Resigned Delaware only, retaining Pennsylvania; also Presiding Bishop, 1789 and from 1795.
18281841 Henry U. Onderdonk , Provisional Bishop of DelawareAlso coadjutor bishop of Pennsylvania until 1836; also Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1836; resigned Delaware only, retaining Pennsylvania.
Bishops of Delaware
18411887 Alfred Lee Installed October 12, 1841; also Presiding Bishop from 1884; died in office.
18881907 Leighton Coleman Installed October 18, 1888; died in office.
19081919 Frederick Joseph Kinsman Installed October 28, 1908; resigned October 1919 and became a Roman Catholic.
19201938 Philip Cook (July 4, 1875, Kansas City, MO – March 25, 1938, Wilmington, DE); elected May 12 and consecrated October 14, 1920; died in office.
19391954 Arthur R. McKinstry Arthur Raymond McKinstry (1894, Greeley, KS – December 25, 1991, Wilmington, DE); elected November 15, 1938 and consecrated February 17, 1939; retired December 31, 1954.
19551968 J. Brooke Mosley John Brooke Mosley (called Brooke; October 18, 1915, Philadelphia, PA – March 4, 1988, New York, NY); elected coadjutor June 29 and consecrated October 28, 1953; installed as diocesan January 16, 1955; resigned October 1, 1968.
19681974 William H. Mead William Henry Mead (1921 – February 25, 1974); elected June 28, consecrated and installed November 15, 1968; died in office.
19751985 William Hawley Clark William Hawley Clark (May 10, 1919 – March 7, 1997); elected January 24, consecrated May 16 and installed May 18, 1975; retired December 31, 1985.
1986 Quintin E. Primo, Jr., interim bishopQuintin Ebenezer Primo, Junior (July 1, 1913, Freedom Grove, GA – January 14, 1998, Hockessin, DE); previously suffragan bishop of Chicago; interim bishop only, January 1 – November 8, 1986.
19861997 Cabell Tennis Calvin Cabell Tennis (born October 24, 1932); elected June 14, consecrated November 8 and installed November 9, 1986; retired December 31, 1997; later assistant bishop in Spokane.
19982017 Wayne P. Wright Wayne Parker Wright; elected February 28, consecrated June 20 and installed June 21, 1998.
2017present Kevin S. Brown Kevin S. Brown; elected July 15, [1] consecrated and installed December 9, 2017. [1]

Congregations

This list includes all the active congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware and the historical parishes will gradually be added.

Kent County

FoundedNameaddresstownRectorstatusclosed
1703Christ Church, DoverSouth State and Water Street Dover vacant
1704Christ Church, Milford200 Church Street Milford vacant
1889 St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Bridgeville, Delaware) 114 Delaware Avenue Bridgeville vacant
1868St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, CamdenOld North Road at West St. Camden Pastor
1740St. Peter's Church, Smyrna22 North Union Street Smyrna Donna Jean KiesslingRector
1868St. Stephen's Church190 Raughley Hill Road Harrington John WrightPriest in charge

New Castle County

FoundedNameaddresstownRectorstatusclosed
1851Church of the Ascension3717 Philadelphia Pike Claymont Closed
1855Calvary Church, Hillcrest304 Lore Avenue
Brandywine Hundred
Wilmington Closed 2024
1855Cathedral Church of St. John2012
1848Christ Church, Christiana HundredBuck Road at Route 100
Christiana Hundred
Greenville Ruth Lawson BeresfordRector
1848Christ Church, Delaware City222 Clinton Street Delaware City 2022
1836Grace Church, Brandywine Hundred4900 Concord Pike
Brandywine Hundred
Wilmington Kim CapwellInterim
1884 Immanuel Church, Highlands2400 West 17th Street Wilmington Wayne RollinsRector
1689 Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green 2nd and Harmony Streets New Castle Christopher Paul KeeneRector
1952Church of the Nativity206 Sykes Road, Manor Park New Castle closed2023
1958St. Albans Church, Brandywine Hundred913 Wilson Road
Brandywine Hundred
Wilmington 2013
1829
1996
Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew & Matthew 719 Shipley Street Wilmington Patrick BurkeRector
1705 St. Anne's Episcopal Church (Middletown, Delaware) 15 E. Green Street Middletown Russ BohnerRector
1890 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church2800 Duncan Road
Mill Creek Hundred
Wilmington Open
1954 St. David’s Episcopal Church
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2320 Grubb Road
Brandywine Hundred
Wilmington Open
1714 St. James Episcopal Church, Mill Creek (Stanton, Delaware) 2106 St. James Church Road
Stanton, Mill Creek Hundred
Wilmington Ben RockwellRector
1855St. James Church, Newport2 South Augustine Street
Newport
Wilmington Sarah L. J. NelsonRector
1964 St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church10 Old Newark Road
White Clay Hundred
Newark Open
1842 St. Thomas's Parish276 South College Avenue Newark Dr. Howell C. Sasser, Jr.Rector
1830 Trinity Parish1108 N. Adams Street (at Delaware Avenue) Wilmington Open
1791 Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) 606 Church Street Wilmington Open

Sussex County

FoundedNameaddresstownRectorstatusclosed
1886All Saints' Church, DelmarTenth and Grove Streets Delmar vacant
1892All Saints' Church18 Olive Avenue Rehoboth Beach Shelly McDadeRector
1771 Old Christ Church (Laurel, Delaware) Broad Creek Laurel Jack AndersonRector
1794 St. George's Chapel, Lewes Beaver Dam Road
Indian River Hundred
Angola Shelly McDadeRector
1728The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist307 Federal Street Milton Thomas M. WhiteRector
1835St. Luke's Church202 North Street Seaford vacantPastor
1848St. Mark's ChurchState and Ellis Streets Millsboro vacantRector
1940St. Martha's Episcopal ChurchMaplewood & Pennsylvania Avenue Bethany Beach Victoria PrettiRector
1947St. Martin's in the Field Church75 West Church Street Selbyville Glenn A. DuffyPastor
1868 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Pine and Academy Streets Georgetown vacant
1708 St. Peter's Episcopal Church Second and Market Streets Lewes Jeffrey A. RossRector
1834 St. Philip's Episcopal Church600 South Central Avenue Laurel Jack AndersonRector

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 "Delaware's Episcopalians have a new bishop".

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