The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, is one of 108

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s 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 Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

. The diocese is led by a

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and staff and provides episcopal supervision and some administrative assistance for its parishes. 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,

. 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 The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania. The Diocese has 36,641 ...

or the

Episcopal Diocese of Maryland The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland forms part of Province 3 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Having been divided twice, it no longer includes all of Maryland and now consists of the central, northern, and western Maryland c ...

, 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 The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 99 dioceses in the United States proper, plus eleven dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories and the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Eur ...

List of bishops

Congregations

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

Kent County

New Castle County

Sussex County

References

* The Episcopal Church Diocese of Delaware (2005) nnual Report* * ;Specific

External links

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Millsboro, DelawareSt. Anne's Episcopal Church, Middletown, DelawareThe Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Milton, Delaware
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Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Delaware
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Records
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photograph collections
for Christ Church, Christiana Hundred in Greenville, Delaware are available for research at

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Province 3 of the Episcopal Church (United States) Religious organizations established in 1785