Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Diocese of Long Island
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Location | |
Territory | Brooklyn, Nassau County, Queens, Suffolk County |
Ecclesiastical province | Province II |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 149 (2014) |
Members | 43,021 (2014) |
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Denomination | Episcopal Church |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Lawrence C. Provenzano |
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File:ECUSA Long Island.png | |
Website | |
dioceselongisland.org |
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, which comprise Long Island, New York. It is in Province 2 and its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Incarnation, is located in Garden City, as are its diocesan offices.[1]
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Current bishop
On the Feast of Theodore of Tarsus, September 19, 2009, Lawrence C. Provenzano was ordained and consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. He officially took office as Bishop of Long Island at the Diocesan Convention November 14, 2009, and was seated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on November 22, 2009.
List of bishops
The bishops of Long Island have been:[2]
1. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, (1868–1901)
2. Frederick Burgess, (1901–1925)
3. Ernest M. Stires, (1925–1942)
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- Frank W. Creighton, suffragan bishop (1933–1937), II Missionary Bishop of the Diocese of Mexico (1926-1933), VI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan (1926-1946)
- John I. B. Larned, suffragan bishop (1929-1946)
4. James P. DeWolfe, (1942–1966)
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- Jonathan G. Sherman, suffragan bishop (1949-1965)
5. Jonathan G. Sherman, (1966–1977)
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- Charles W. MacLean, suffragan bishop (1963-1975)
- Richard B. Martin, suffragan bishop (1967-1974)
6. Robert C. Witcher, (1977–1991)
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- C. Shannon Mallory , assisting bishop (1979-1980)
- Henry B. Hucles, III, suffragan bishop (1981-1988)
- Orris G. Walker, Jr., coadjutor (1988-1991)
7. Orris G. Walker, Jr., (1991–2009 )
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- Rodney R. Michel, suffragan bishop (1997, now assisting in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania)
- David Joslin as Apostolic Administrator (2009)
- Lawrence C. Provenzano, coadjutor (2009)
8. Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop (2009–present)
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- Chilton Knudsen, assistant bishop (2014-present)[3]
Diocesan Search for Bishop Coadjutor
Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop coadjutor-elect was elected on March 21, 2009. Provenzano was consecrated on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Tilles Center, Brookville, N.Y., by Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Mark Beckwith, George Councell, David Joslin, and Gordon Scruton. At least 12 other bishops were also present. At his consecration, Provenzano was presented with a pectoral cross by the Massachusetts Corps of Fire Chaplains, of which he was a longtime member. That cross contains a piece of steel taken from the ruins of the World Trade Center. The Shinnecock-Sewanaka Society, representing the indigenous tribal nations of Long Island, presented Provenzano with traditional gifts: an animal hide, corn, beans and squash, wampum shells, and a rattle.
History of the Diocese
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Diocese has benefited from large endowments, for example, $10,000 given in 1908 by Roslyn, New York resident John Ordronaux.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 225-230
- ↑ Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p.340
- ↑ http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs184/1104248387325/archive/1117062149390.html
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Episcopal Diocese of Long Island website
- Cathedral of the Incarnation website
- Official Web site of the Episcopal Church
- Diocese of Long Island Bishop Coadjutor Search & Diocesan Profile
- - Map of The Church in The Diocese of Long Island
- Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Long Island
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