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Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. History Massachusetts was founded by Puritans who did not accept such aspects of the Church of England as bisho ...

is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States, officially organised in 1784, five years before the Episcopal Church itself, its first bishop was consecrated in 1797.

Bishops

Edward Bass Edward Bass (November 23, 1726 in Dorchester, Massachusetts – September 10, 1803 in Newburyport, Massachusetts) was the first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts and second bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island. Biog ...

, (1797–1803) # Samuel Parker, (1804–1804) #

Alexander Viets Griswold Alexander Viets Griswold (April 22, 1766 – February 15, 1843) was the 5th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States from 1836 until 1843. He was also the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, which included all of New Englan ...

, (1811–1843) (fifth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church) #

Manton Eastburn Manton Eastburn (1801 in Leeds, England – 1872) was an Episcopal bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Massachusetts from 1843 till 1872. Biography After graduation from Columbia University, he studied at the General Theological Seminary o ...

, (Coadjutor, 1842; Diocesan, 1843–1872) # Benjamin Henry Paddock, (1873–1891) #

Phillips Brooks Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of ...

, (1891–1893) # William Lawrence, (1893–1927) # Charles Lewis Slattery, (Coadjutor, 1922; Diocesan, 1927–1930) #

Henry Knox Sherrill Henry Knox Sherrill (November 6, 1890 – May 11, 1980) was an Episcopal bishop. He was the 20th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1947 to 1958, having previously served as Bishop of Massachusetts (1930-1947). Biography Henry Kno ...

, (1930–1947) (20th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church) # Norman Burdett Nash, (Coadjutor, 1947; Diocesan, 1947–1956) # Anson Phelps Stokes, III, (Coadjutor, 1954; Diocesan, 1956–1970) # John Melville Burgess, (Suffragan, 1962–1969; Coadjutor, 1969; Diocesan, 1970–1975) #

John Bowen Coburn John Bowen Coburn (September 27, 1914 – August 8, 2009) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1976 to 1986. Early life and education Coburn was born on September 27, 1914, in Danbury, Connecticut, the son of the Reveren ...

, (1976–1986) # David Elliot Johnson, (Coadjutor, 1985; Diocesan, 1986–1995) # M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, (Coadjutor, 1994; Diocesan, 1995–2014) # Alan McIntosh Gates, (2014–present)

Suffragan Bishops

Samuel Gavitt Babcock Samuel Gavitt Babcock (October 8, 1851 – June 20, 1942) was an American bishop in the Episcopal Church, serving as Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts between 1913 and 1938. Early life and education Babcock was born on October 8, 1851, in Newp ...

, (1913–1938) # Raymond A. Heron, (1938–1954) # Frederic Cunningham Lawrence, (1956–1968) # John M. Burgess, (Suffragan, 1962–1969; Coadjutor, 1969; Diocesan, 1970–1975) #

Morris Fairchild Arnold Morris Fairchild "Ben" Arnold (January 5, 1915 - December 3, 1992) served as suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1972 to 1982. Early life and education Arnold was born on January 5, 1915, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, th ...

, (1972–1982) # Barbara Clementine Harris, (1989–2002) # Roy F. "Bud" Cederholm, Jr., (2001–2011) #

Gayle Elizabeth Harris Gayle Elizabeth Harris (born February 12, 1951) was ordained as Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 2003, succeeding Barbara Harris (no relation). This was the first time in the Episcopal Church in the United States tha ...

, (2003–2023) # Carol J. Gallagher, (2023–present)

External links

Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
- official website

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

Bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

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