Episcopal Diocese of Delaware

Location of the Diocese of Delaware

The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware is one of 108 dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 38 congregations or Parishes in an area the same as the State of Delaware. The diocese is led by a bishop and staff and provides episcopal supervision and some administrative assistance for its parishes.

The current bishop, the tenth Bishop of Delaware, is the Right Reverend Wayne P. Wright, who was consecrated bishop June 20, 1998, and succeeded the Rt. Rev. C. Cabell Tennis upon the latter's retirement. The diocesan offices are located in Wilmington, Delaware, at the Cathedral Church of Saint John.

History

The Episcopal 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 Roman Catholic priest, presided over the first state convention on September 26, 1786, at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania or the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, but under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Bishops of Delaware

#	Bishop of Delaware	born	Installation	Retirement	Died	Notes
2	The Rt. Rev. William White	1748	February 4, 1787	May 10, 1828	1836	Bishop of Pennsylvania
21	The Rt. Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk	1807	May 10, 1828	October 12, 1841	April 12, 1887	Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania Provisional Bishop of Delaware
38	The Rt. Rev. Alfred Lee	1807	October 12, 1841	April 12, 1887	April 12, 1887	died in office as Presiding Bishop
146	The Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman	1837	October 18, 1888	December 1, 1907	December 1, 1907	died in office
239	The Rt. Rev. Frederick Joseph Kinsman	1868	October 28, 1908	October 1919	July 1944	resigned and became a Roman Catholic
311	The Rt. Rev. Philip Cook	1875	October 14, 1920	March 25, 1938	March 25, 1938	died in office
414	The Rt. Rev. Arthur Raymond McKinstry	1894	February 17, 1939	December 31, 1954	December 25, 1991
526	The Rt. Rev. John Brooke Mosley	1915	January 1, 1955	October 1, 1968	March 4, 1988
628	The Rt. Rev. William Henry Mead	1921	November 15, 1968	February 25, 1974	February 25, 1974	died in office
705	The Rt. Rev. William Hawley Clark	1919	May 18, 1975	December 31, 1985	March 7, 1997
683	The Rt. Rev. Quintin Ebenezer Primo, Jr.	1913	January 1, 1986	November 8, 1986	January 15, 1998	interim bishop
816	The Rt. Rev. Calvin Cabell Tennis	1932	November 9, 1986	December 31, 1997
941	The Rt. Rev. Wayne Parker Wright		June 21, 1998

Parishes

This list includes all the active parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware and the historical parishes will gradually be added.

Kent County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1703	Christ Church, Dover,	South State and Water Street	Dover	The Rev. Celeste O. Cox	Rector
1704	Christ Church, Milford	200 Church Street	Milford	The Rev. James L. White	Rector
1889	St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Bridgeville, Delaware)	114 Delaware Avenue	Bridgeville		supply
1868	St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Camden	Old North Road at West St.	Camden
1740	St. Peter's Church, Smyrna	22 North Union Street	Smyrna	The Rev. Mark C. Sullivan	Rector
1868	St. Stephen's Church	190 Raughley Hill Road	Harrington	The Rev. John Desaulniers	in charge

New Castle County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1851	Church of the Ascension	3717 Philadelphia Pike	Claymont	The Rev. Dr. James Morris	interim
1855	Calvary Church, Hillcrest	304 Lore Avenue Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. J.R.Keith Hudson	interim
1855	Cathedral Church of St. John	Concord Avenue & Market Street	Wilmington	The V. Rev. William B. Lane	interim
1848	Christ Church, Christiana Hundred	Buck Road at Route 100 Christiana Hundred	Greenville	The Rev. Ruth Lawson Kirk	Rector
1848	Christ Church, Delaware City	222 Clinton Street	Delaware City	The Rev. Dr. R. John Brockmann	Rector
1836	Grace Church, Brandywine Hundred	4900 Concord Pike Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. Anna M. Wade	Rector
1884	Immanuel Church, Highlands	2400 West 17th Street	Wilmington		Rector
1689	Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green	2nd and Harmony Streets	New Castle	The Rev. John Stonesifer	interim
1952	Church of the Nativity	206 Sykes Road, Manor Park	New Castle	The Rev. Margaret Kay Ashby	in charge
1958	St. Albans Church, Brandywine Hundred	913 Wilson Road Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. Roy Tripp	Rector
1829 1996	Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew & Matthew	719 Shipley Street	Wilmington	The Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson	Rector
1705	St. Anne's Episcopal Church (Middletown, Delaware)	15 E. Green Street	Middletown	The Rev. Dr. JoAnn Barker	Rector
1890	St. Barnabas Episcopal Church	2800 Duncan Road Mill Creek Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. Robert Broesler	Rector
1954	St. David’s Episcopal Church Web Site	2320 Grubb Road Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. Brad Hinton	Rector
1714	St. James Episcopal Church, Mill Creek (Stanton, Delaware)	2106 St. James Church Road Stanton, Mill Creek Hundred	Wilmington	The Rev. James Bimbi	Rector
1855	St. James Church, Newport	2 South Augustine Street Newport	Wilmington	The Rev. Sarah L. J. Nelson	Rector
1964	St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church	10 Old Newark Road White Clay Hundred	Newark	The Rev. Dr. Barbara Duncan	Pastor
1842	St. Thomas's Parish	276 South College Avenue	Newark	The Rev. Paul Gennett	Rector
1830	Trinity Parish	1108 N. Adams Street (at Delaware Avenue)	Wilmington	The Rev. Patricia A. Bird	Interim Rector
1791	Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)	606 Church Street	Wilmington	The Rev. Patricia A. Bird	Interim Rector

Sussex County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1886	All Saints’ Church, Delmar	Tenth and Grove Streets	Delmar	supply
1892	All Saints’ Church	18 Olive Avenue	Rehoboth Beach	The Rev. Max Wolf	Rector
1771	Christ Church	Broad Creek	Laurel	The Rev. Howard Backus	Rector
	St. George's Chapel	Beaver Dam Road Indian River Hundred	Milton	The Rev. Max Wolf	Rector
1728	St. John the Baptist Church	307 Federal Street	Milton		supply
1835	St. Luke's Church	202 North Street	Seaford	The Rev. Jeanne W. Kirby-Coladonato	Rector
1848	St. Mark's Church	State and Ellis Streets	Millsboro	The Rev. David J. Archibald	Rector
1940	St. Martha’s Episcopal Church	Maplewood & Pennsylvania Avenue	Bethany Beach
1947	St. Martin’s in the Field Church	75 West Church Street	Selbyville	The Rev. David J. Archibald	Rector
1868	St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Delaware)	Pine and Academy Streets	Georgetown		Rector
1708	St. Peter's Church, Lewes	Second and Market Streets	Lewes	The Rev. Jeffrey A. Ross	Rector
1834	St. Philip’s Episcopal Church	600 South Central Avenue	Laurel	The Rev. Howard Backus	Rector

References

• The Episcopal Church- Diocese of Delaware (2005) [Annual Report].
• "Churches of The Diocese of Delaware". The Episcopal Church Diocese of Delaware. March 2006. http://www.dioceseofdelaware.net/region.html. Retrieved May 8, 2006. 

References

"About the Diocese of Delaware". The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. http://www.dioceseofdelaware.net. Retrieved March 9, 2005. 

External links

• The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
• The Cathedral Church of Saint John
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Millsboro, Delaware
• St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Middletown, Delaware

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