St. Uriel's Episcopal Church, also known as Church of St. Uriel the Archangel, or simply St. Uriel's, is an

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church in

Sea Girt, New Jersey Sea Girt is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,866, an increase of 38 (+2.1%) from the 2010 census count of 1,82 ...

. The church is an operating member of the

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, and is aligned with the

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churchmanship of Anglicanism. A history of the church by James B. Simpson entitled ''Regent of the Sun'' was published in 1988, on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of its founding. The parish banner was made by the Sisters of Bethany and dedicated at the church in 1958. Until that year, the church in Sea Girt was the only Anglican house of worship dedicated to the Archangel Uriel. It remains the only Episcopal church in the United States named after Saint Uriel the Archangel.

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