Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

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The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the entire state of Connecticut. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Its first bishop, Samuel Seabury, was the first Anglican bishop with a see outside the British Isles. Anglican services have been conducted in the diocese since 1702, but the first diocesan convention did not take place until after the diocese was organized, and was convened by Bishop Seabury in 1785.

The see city is Hartford. There are 177 parishes in the diocese, encompassing about 68,500 baptised members. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Andrew D. Smith, who is the fourteenth bishop to hold this title. He is assisted by two bishops suffragan, the Rt. Rev. James E. Curry and the Rt. Rev. Wilfrido Ramos-Orench. A well-known predecessor to Bishop Smith was the Right Reverend Walter Henry Gray, who served as the first chair of the Civil Rights Commission in Connecticut. Bishop Gray also played a leading role at two meetings of the Lambeth Conferences.

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	Episcopal Dioceses in Province I
	Connecticut • Maine • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • Rhode Island • Vermont • Western Massachusetts
	Province I • Province II • Province III • Province IV • Province V • Province VI • Province VII • Province VIII • Province IX