Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with the Convocation of Eastern Canada, formerly known as the New York and Philadelphia Synod, is a founding jurisdiction of the Reformed Episcopal Church in 1873 and, more recently, a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009. It comprises 27 parishes, 26 of them in five American states – Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York – and one in the Canadian province of Ontario.[1] The headquarters are located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The current bishop is R. Charles Gillin.[2]

REC Diocese of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceAnglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes27
Information
RiteAnglican
Current leadership
BishopR. Charles Gillin
Website
Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Official Website

The Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States, 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 Anglican realignment movement in the United States, being one of the founding dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009.

The diocese is home for the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, 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.

  1. George D. Cummins (1873–1876)
  2. William R. Nicholson (1876–1901)
  3. James Allen Latané (1901–1902)
  4. William T. Sabine (1902–1913)
  5. Robert Livingston Rudolph (1913–1930)
  6. Robert Westly Peach (1930–1936)
  7. William Culbertson III (1937–1942)
  8. Howard D. Higgins (1942–1972)[3]
  9. Theophilus J. Herter (1972–1984)
  10. Leonard W. Riches (1984–2008)
  11. David L. Hicks (2008–2019)
  12. R. Charles Gillin (2019–present)

Parishes

As of 2021, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic had 27 parishes. Notable parishes in the diocese include:

Church Image City Year founded Year completed Notes
Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church Catonsville, Maryland 1874 1961 Founded as the Church of the Rock of Ages
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church Havre de Grace, Maryland 1910 1910

References
  1. Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
  2. Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic official website
  3. Waggoner, Walter H. (April 12, 1980). "Bishop Howard D. Higgins Dies; Led a Reformed Episcopal Synod". New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.