Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

Coordinates: 42°21′20.90″N 71°03′44.64″W / 42.3558056°N 71.0624000°W / 42.3558056; -71.0624000
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Diocese of Massachusetts

Diœcesis Massachusettensis
St Paul's Cathedral
LanguageEnglish, American Sign Language, Dinka, Spanish
Current leadership
BishopAlan M. Gates
Assistant bishopsCarol Gallagher
Map
Location of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Location of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Website
diomass.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the

dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
.

History

South Scituate (now Hanover
), founded in 1727.

The diocese was organized in 1784, five years before the

Samuel Seabury who was consecrated by the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church
in 1784.

Today, it is one of the largest dioceses in the ECUSA in terms of membership. It encompasses the eastern part of Massachusetts, specifically, the nine counties east and southeast of Worcester County.

The diocese was the first in the

John Melville Burgess was consecrated as the 12th bishop in 1970.[1]

The current diocesan bishop is

Carol Gallagher, consecrated in January 2003.[2]

Historically, the diocese has been considered

Trinity Church in Boston's Copley Square
. However, Trinity and most other parishes in the diocese have become 'higher' in the last 25 years with the introduction of Mass vestments such as the chasuble. Earlier distinctions between Low and High Church have largely disappeared across every diocese.

The diocesan offices are located at 138 Tremont Street, adjacent to the

Cathedral Church of St. Paul
.

The diocese had 87,000 members in 2013 and had fallen to 82,450 by 2014.[3]

Diocesan Bishops

  1. Edward Bass (1797-1803)
  2. Samuel Parker (1804)
  3. Alexander Viets Griswold (1811-1843)
  4. Manton Eastburn (1843-1872)
  5. Benjamin Henry Paddock (1873-1891)
  6. Phillips Brooks (1891-1893)
  7. William Lawrence (1893-1927)
  8. Charles Lewis Slattery (1927-1930)
  9. Henry Knox Sherrill (1930-1947)
  10. Norman Burdett Nash
    (1947-1956)
  11. Anson Phelps Stokes (1956-1970)
  12. John Burgess (1970-1975)
  13. John Bowen Coburn (1976-1986)
  14. David Johnson
    (1986-1995)
  15. M. Thomas Shaw
    (1995-2014)
  16. Alan McIntosh Gates (2014–present)

Suffragan Bishops

  1. Samuel G. Babcock (1913-1938)
  2. Raymond A. Heron (1938-1954)
  3. Frederic C. Lawrence (1956-1968)
  4. John M. Burgess (1962-1969)
  5. Morris F. Arnold (1972-1982)
  6. Barbara C. Harris (1989-2003)
  7. Roy F. Cederholm Jr. (2001-2011)
  8. Gayle E. Harris (2003–2023)
  9. Carol J. Gallagher (2023–present)

References

  1. ^ "History of the Diocese". Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Our Bishops". Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Episcopal Church membership report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-03.

External links

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