Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
The diocese has over 22,000 members in 155 congregations, and is thus the fifth-largest diocese in the Episcopal Church (USA). The see city is Philadelphia. The current bishop of the diocese is The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr., with The Rt. Rev. Clarence Coleridge serving as Assistant Bishop. The bishop's cathedra (seat) is currently located at the new Philadelphia Cathedral in the "University City" section of Philadelphia, adjacent to both the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. Prior to its opening in 1998, the seat of the diocese was located at St. Mary's Cathedral on Ridge Avenue in the Roxborough section of the city. The new cathedral also serves as the ceremonial "seat" of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in which the two denominations are in full communion with.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
 |
Episcopal Dioceses in Province III |
|---|---|
|
Bethlehem • Central Pennsylvania • Delaware • Easton • Maryland • Northwestern Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania • Pittsburgh • Southern Virginia • Southwestern Virginia • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia |
|
|
Province I • Province II • Province III • Province IV • Province V • Province VI • Province VII • Province VIII • Province IX |
 |
This Anglicanism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
