Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina

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The Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina is a diocese in the Episcopal Church. It consists of 27 counties in western North Carolina and its episcopal see is in Asheville, North Carolina.

The diocese contains 65 parishes and over 15,000 members, divided into six deaneries.^[1] Its cathedral is the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, located in Biltmore Village. The current bishop is the Right Reverend G. Porter Taylor, serving since September 18, 2004.

The diocese is a proponent of social justice and has applied to the Episcopal Church for a relationship as a sister diocese of the Anglican Diocese of Durgapur, India from 2007 through 2010.^[2] The diocese is notable for two small mountain parishes that contain frescoes created by Ben Long, an Italian-trained artist: the fresco of the Last Supper at Holy Trinity church in Glendale Springs and Mary Great with Child and John the Baptist at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Beaver Creek.

[edit] List of parishes

Asheville Deanery

• Cathedral of All Souls [1]
• Church of the Advocate [2]
• Grace Episcopal Church, Asheville [3]
• Redeemer Episcopal Church, Asheville [4]
• Saint George's Episcopal Church, Asheville [5]
• Saint James Episcopal Church, Black Mountain [6]
• Saint John's Episcopal Church, Asheville [7]
• Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Asheville [8]
• Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, Asheville [9]
• Saint Matthais Episcopal Church, Asheville [10]
• Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville [11]
• Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Mars Hill [12]

Foothills Deanery

• Church of the Ascension, Hickory [13]
• Church of the Epiphany, Hickory [14]
• Grace Episcopal Church, Morganton [15]
• Saint Alban's Episcopal Church, Hickory [16]
• Saint James Episcopal Church, Lenoir [17]
• Saint John's Episcopal Church, Marion [18]
• Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, Morganton [19]
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Wilkesboro [20]
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Morganton [21]
• Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, Morganton [22]

Hendersonville Deanery

• Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher [23]
• Church of the Holy Family, Mills River [24]
• Church of the Transfiguration, Saluda [25]
• Episcopal Church of Saint John in the Wilderness, Flat Rock [26]
• Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Tryon [27]
• Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Bat Cave [28]
• Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Tryon [29]
• La Capilla De Santa Maria, Hendersonville
• Saint James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville [30]
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Edneyville

Mountain Deanery

• Christ Church, Sparta [31]
• Church of the Holy Cross, Valle Crucis [32]
• Church of Our Savior, Newland [33]
• Parish of the Holy Communion Glendale Springs [34]
• Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Boone [35]
• Saint Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church, Blowing Rock [36]
• Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Burnsville [37]
• Trinity Episcopal Church, Spruce Pine [38]

Piedmont Deanery

• All Saints Episcopal Church, Gastonia [39]
• Church of the Redeemer, Shelby [40]
• Episcopal Church of Saint Peter by the Lake, Denver [41]
• Episcopal Church of Our Savior, Lincolnton
• Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Bessemer City
• Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton [42]
• Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton [43]
• Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Lincolnton [44]
• Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Gastonia [45]

Western Deanery

• Church of the Good Shepherd, Cashiers [46]
• Church of the Messiah, Murphy [47]
• Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Hayesville [48]
• Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Highlands [49]
• Grace Church in the Mountains, Waynesville [50]
• Grace Mountainside Church, Robbinsville [51]
• Saint Agnes Episcopal Church, Franklin [52]
• Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Canton [53]
• Saint Cyprian's Episcopal Church, Franklin [54]
• Saint David's Episcopal Church, Cullowhee [55]
• Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Cherokee, NC/Cullowhee
• Saint John's Episcopal Church, Sylva
• Saint John's Episcopal Church - Cartoogechaye, Franklin [56]

[edit] References

Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina Official Website

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