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Reformed Episcopal church in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2] The headquarters are located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The current bishop is R. Charles Gillin.[3]
REC Diocese of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Anglican Church in North America |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 24 (2023)[1] |
Members | 1,393 (2023)[1] |
Information | |
Rite | Anglican |
Current leadership | |
Bishop ordinary | R. Charles Gillin |
Coadjutor | William A. Jenkins Sr. |
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.[citation needed]
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.
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.
As of 2022, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic had 25 parishes.[5] Notable parishes in the diocese include:
Church | Image | City | Year founded | Year completed | Notes |
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Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() |
Catonsville, Maryland | 1874 | 1961 | Founded as the Church of the Rock of Ages |
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement | ![]() |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1875 | 1929 | Founded as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church |
Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1887 | 1888 | Location of Reformed Episcopal Seminary campus, 1887–2001. Demolished 2018. |
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church | ![]() |
Havre de Grace, Maryland | 1910 | 1910 | |
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