Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem
Diocese of Bethlehem Diœcesis Bethlehemensis | |
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Kevin D. Nichols | |
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Location of the Diocese of Bethlehem | |
Website | |
diobeth.org |
The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem covers fourteen counties in
History
The first
In early Pennsylvania settlements, missionaries of the
In 1785,
In 1871, the area now comprising both Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem became a new diocese. The original name was the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, and the cathedral was in Reading. In 1904, the western part of the diocese was separated to form the Diocese of Harrisburg. This left the eastern part of the diocese, now based in Bethlehem, covering a territory that "the name lost much of its significance." At the 1909 diocesan convention, a resolution was passed that changed the name to Diocese of Bethlehem, which took effect May 26, 1909.[9] In the 1970s, the name of Central Pennsylvania was re-adopted by the former Diocese of Harrisburg. In October 2022, the diocesan conventions of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem initiated the process for exploring reunification.[10]
List of bishops
Bishops of Central Pennsylvania | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1871 | 1891 | Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe | |
1891 | 1897 | Nelson Somerville Rulison | |
1898 | 1905 | Ethelbert Talbot | Previously Missionary Bishop of Wyoming and Idaho; became Bishop of Bethlehem. |
Bishops of Bethlehem | |||
1905 | 1928 | Ethelbert Talbot | Previously Bishop of Central Pennsylvania; Presiding Bishop (as senior bishop) 1924–1926.
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1928 | 1954 | Frank W. Sterrett | Frank William Sterret; coadjutor bishop since 1923. |
1954 | 1971 | Frederick J. Warnecke | Frederick John "Fred" Warnecke (died February 23, 1977, Boca Raton, FL, aged 70) |
1971 | 1983 | Lloyd E. Gressle | Lloyd Edward Gressle (June 13, 1918, Cleveland, OH – December 7, 1999, East Quogue, NY )
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1983 | 1995 | Mark Dyer | James J. Mark Dyer (born June 7, 1930, Manchester, NH)[11] |
1996 | 2013 | Paul V. Marshall | Paul Victor Marshall, retired December 31, 2013 |
2014 | 2018 | Sean W. Rowe
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Provisional Bishop, March 1, 2014 – September 15, 2018 |
2018 | Present | Kevin D. Nichols | Kevin D. Nichols, elected April 28, 2018; ordained September 15, 2018 [12] |
References
- ^ The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem Team Directory Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Rev. Canon Kevin Nichols Elected IX Bishop of Bethlehem, Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, retrieved April 28, 2018
- ^ The Rt Rev. Kevin D. Nichols, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, retrieved January 2, 2020
- ^ Twelves, J. Wesley (1969). A History of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. pp. 2–7.
- ^ a b Benton, A.A. (1884). The Church Cyclopedia. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly.
- ^ Walker, Joseph E. (1966). Hopewell Village: A Social and Economic History of an Iron-making Community. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 366.
- ^ "Christ Church Reading". berks.paroots.com.
- ^ Hodges, George (1906). Three Hundred Years of the Episcopal Church in America. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. p. 87.
- ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre, Pa; The E.S. Yordly Co. title page, p.50.
- ^ "Dioceses of Bethlehem and Central Pennsylvania explore merger | Anglican Ink © 2024". anglican.ink. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Dyer resumé
- ^ "Bethlehem Episcopal Diocese celebrates a new bishop".
External links
- Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem official website
- Journal of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania from 1871 to 1909
- Journal of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Bethlehem