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Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware belongs to Province III (Middle Atlantic) of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It handles administrative duties for the entire state.
The current bishop, the tenth in the history of the diocese, is the Right Reverend Wayne P. Wright , who was consecrated bishop in 1998 and succeeded C. Cabell Tennis upon the latter's retirement.
The diocese's see is located in Wilmington at the Cathedral Church of Saint John.
The diocese is currently in companion relationship with the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles in Western Scotland.
History
The Diocese of Delaware dates its foundation to 1785, the first time a delegation was sent representing the diocese to the General Convention. The Rev. Charles Wharton , a converted Catholic priest, presided over the first state convention on Sept. 26 , 1786, at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of Pennsylvania and Maryland, under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Churches in the diocese include (in order of founding):
- Immanuel Church, New Castle, 1689
- Christ Church, Dover, 1703
- Christ Church, Milford, 1704
- St. Anne's Church, Middletown, 1705
- St. Peter's Church, Lewes, 1708
- St. James Church, Mill Creek, 1714
- St. George's Chapel, Indian River, 1719
- St. John the Baptist Church, Milton, 1732
- St. Peter's Church, Smyrna, 1740
- St. Philip's Church, Laurel, 1771? 1843?
- Holy Trinity Church (Old Swede's), 1791
- Trinity Parish, Wilmington, 1830
- St. Luke's Church, Seaford, 1835
- Grace Church, Brandywine Hundred, 1836
- St. Thomas's Parish, Newark, 1842
- Christ Church, Delaware City, 1848
- St. Mark's Church, Millsboro, 1848
- Christ Church, Christiana Hundred, 1848
- The Church of the Ascension, Claymont, 1851
- Calvary Church, Hillcrest, 1855
- Cathedral Church of St. John, Wilmington, 1855
- St. James Church, Newport, 1855
- St. Paul's Church, Camden, 1868
- St. Paul's Church, Georgetown, 1868
- St. Stephen's Church, Harrington, 1868
- Immanuel Church, Wilmington, 1884
- All Saints Church, Delmar, 1886
- St. Mary's Church, Bridgeville, 1889
- St. Barnabas Church, Mill Creek, 1890
- All Saints Church, Rehoboth, 1892
- St. Martha's Church, Bethany Beach, 1940
- St. Martin's in the Field Church, Selbyville, 1947
- Church of the Nativity, Manor Park, 1952
- St. David's Church, Brandywine Hundred, 1954
- St. Alban's Church, Brandywine Hundred, 1958
- St. Nicholas Church, White Clay Creek Hundred, 1964
- Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew and Matthew, Wilmington, 1996
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