The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with the Convocation of Eastern Canada, formerly known as the New York and Philadelphia

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, is a founding jurisdiction of the

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in 1873 and, more recently, a founding diocese of the

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in 2009. It comprises 27 parishes, 26 of them in five American states

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and

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and one in the

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. The headquarters are located in

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. The current bishop is R. Charles Gillin.Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
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The Reformed Episcopal Church of the

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, 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. As part of the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic took part in the

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movement in the

, being one of the founding dioceses of the

, in 2009. The diocese is home for the

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, in Blue Bell, 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. # George D. Cummins (1873–1876) # William R. Nicholson (1876–1901) # James Allen Latané (1901–1902) # William T. Sabine (1902–1913) # Robert Livingston Rudolph (1913–1930) #

Robert Westly Peach The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1930–1936) #

William Culbertson III William Culbertson III (November 18, 1905 – November 16, 1971) was as an American pastor, bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and the fifth president of the Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois. Biography Culbertson was born in P ...

(1937–1942) # Howard D. Higgins (1942–1972) # Theophilus J. Herter (1972–1984) # Leonard W. Riches (1984–2008) # David L. Hicks (2008–2019) # R. Charles Gillin (2019–present)

References

External links

Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
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