Episcopal Diocese of Delaware

Diocese of Delaware Diœcesis Delavariensis
Location
Country	United States
Ecclesiastical province	Province III
Statistics
Congregations	32 (2023)
Members	6,913 (2023)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Established	September 26, 1786
Language	English, Spanish
Current leadership
Bishop	Kevin S. Brown
Map
Location of the Diocese of Delaware
Website
www.dioceseofdelaware.net

The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, is one of 108 dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 33 congregations or parishes in an area the same as the State of Delaware. The diocese is led by a bishop and staff and provides episcopal supervision and some administrative assistance for its parishes.

The current bishop, the eleventh Bishop of Delaware, is Kevin Scott Brown, who was consecrated bishop December 9, 2017, and succeeded Wayne P. Wright upon the latter's retirement. The diocesan offices were located for many years at the campus of the Cathedral Church of Saint John, in Wilmington, Delaware. When the cathedral closed in 2012, the offices moved, in 2014, to 913 Wilson Road, Wilmington, DE the site of the former Saint Alban's Church.

History

The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, dates its foundation to 1785, the first time a delegation was sent representing the diocese to the General Convention. Charles Wharton presided over the first state convention on September 26, 1786, at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania or the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, but under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

List of bishops

Bishops over Delaware
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1787	1828	William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania	Resigned Delaware only, retaining Pennsylvania; also Presiding Bishop, 1789 and from 1795.
1828	1841	Henry U. Onderdonk, Provisional Bishop of Delaware	Also coadjutor bishop of Pennsylvania until 1836; also Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1836; resigned Delaware only, retaining Pennsylvania.
Bishops of Delaware
1841	1887	Alfred Lee	Installed October 12, 1841; also Presiding Bishop from 1884; died in office.
1888	1907	Leighton Coleman	Installed October 18, 1888; died in office.
1908	1919	Frederick Joseph Kinsman	Installed October 28, 1908; resigned October 1919 and became a Roman Catholic.
1920	1938	Philip Cook	(July 4, 1875, Kansas City, MO – March 25, 1938, Wilmington, DE); elected May 12 and consecrated October 14, 1920; died in office.
1939	1954	Arthur R. McKinstry	Arthur Raymond McKinstry (1894, Greeley, KS – December 25, 1991, Wilmington, DE); elected November 15, 1938 and consecrated February 17, 1939; retired December 31, 1954.
1955	1968	J. Brooke Mosley	John Brooke Mosley (called Brooke; October 18, 1915, Philadelphia, PA – March 4, 1988, New York, NY); elected coadjutor June 29 and consecrated October 28, 1953; installed as diocesan January 16, 1955; resigned October 1, 1968.
1968	1974	William H. Mead	William Henry Mead (1921 – February 25, 1974); elected June 28, consecrated and installed November 15, 1968; died in office.
1975	1985	William Hawley Clark	William Hawley Clark (May 10, 1919 – March 7, 1997); elected January 24, consecrated May 16 and installed May 18, 1975; retired December 31, 1985.
1986		Quintin E. Primo, Jr., interim bishop	Quintin Ebenezer Primo, Junior (July 1, 1913, Freedom Grove, GA – January 14, 1998, Hockessin, DE); previously suffragan bishop of Chicago; interim bishop only, January 1 – November 8, 1986.
1986	1997	Cabell Tennis	Calvin Cabell Tennis (born October 24, 1932); elected June 14, consecrated November 8 and installed November 9, 1986; retired December 31, 1997; later assistant bishop in Spokane.
1998	2017	Wayne P. Wright	Wayne Parker Wright; elected February 28, consecrated June 20 and installed June 21, 1998.
2017	present	Kevin S. Brown	Kevin S. Brown; elected July 15, consecrated and installed December 9, 2017.

Congregations

This list includes all the active congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware and the historical parishes will gradually be added.

Kent County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1703	Christ Church, Dover	South State and Water Street	Dover	vacant
1704	Christ Church, Milford	200 Church Street	Milford	vacant
1889	St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Bridgeville, Delaware)	114 Delaware Avenue	Bridgeville	vacant
1868	St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Camden	Old North Road at West St.	Camden		Pastor
1740	St. Peter's Church, Smyrna	22 North Union Street	Smyrna	Donna Jean Kiessling	Rector
1868	St. Stephen's Church	190 Raughley Hill Road	Harrington	John Wright	Priest in charge

New Castle County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1851	Church of the Ascension	3717 Philadelphia Pike	Claymont		Covenant Rector
1855	Calvary Church, Hillcrest	304 Lore Avenue Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington		Covenant Rector
1855	Cathedral Church of St. John					2012
1848	Christ Church, Christiana Hundred	Buck Road at Route 100 Christiana Hundred	Greenville	Ruth Lawson Beresford	Rector
1848	Christ Church, Delaware City	222 Clinton Street	Delaware City			2022
1836	Grace Church, Brandywine Hundred	4900 Concord Pike Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	Kim Capwell	Interim
1884	Immanuel Church, Highlands	2400 West 17th Street	Wilmington	Wayne Rollins	Interim Rector
1689	Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green	2nd and Harmony Streets	New Castle	Christopher Paul Keene	Rector
1952	Church of the Nativity	206 Sykes Road, Manor Park	New Castle	closed	2023
1958	St. Albans Church, Brandywine Hundred	913 Wilson Road Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington			2013
1829 1996	Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew & Matthew	719 Shipley Street	Wilmington	Patrick Burke	Rector
1705	St. Anne's Episcopal Church (Middletown, Delaware)	15 E. Green Street	Middletown	Russ Bohner	Rector
1890	St. Barnabas Episcopal Church	2800 Duncan Road Mill Creek Hundred	Wilmington	Ken Katona	Rector
1954	St. David’s Episcopal Church Web Site	2320 Grubb Road Brandywine Hundred	Wilmington	vacant	Rector
1714	St. James Episcopal Church, Mill Creek (Stanton, Delaware)	2106 St. James Church Road Stanton, Mill Creek Hundred	Wilmington	Ben Rockwell	Rector
1855	St. James Church, Newport	2 South Augustine Street Newport	Wilmington	Sarah L. J. Nelson	Rector
1964	St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church	10 Old Newark Road White Clay Hundred	Newark	William B. Lane	Pastor
1842	St. Thomas's Parish	276 South College Avenue	Newark	Dr. Howell C. Sasser, Jr.	Rector
1830	Trinity Parish	1108 N. Adams Street (at Delaware Avenue)	Wilmington	Patricia A. Downing	Rector
1791	Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)	606 Church Street	Wilmington	Patricia A. Downing	Rector

Sussex County

Founded	Name	address	town	Rector	status	closed
1886	All Saints' Church, Delmar	Tenth and Grove Streets	Delmar	vacant
1892	All Saints' Church	18 Olive Avenue	Rehoboth Beach	Shelly McDade	Rector
1771	Old Christ Church (Laurel, Delaware)	Broad Creek	Laurel	Jack Anderson	Rector
1794	St. George's Chapel, Lewes	Beaver Dam Road Indian River Hundred	Angola	Shelly McDade	Rector
1728	The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist	307 Federal Street	Milton	Thomas M. White	Rector
1835	St. Luke's Church	202 North Street	Seaford	Marianne S. Ell	Pastor
1848	St. Mark's Church	State and Ellis Streets	Millsboro	vacant	Rector
1940	St. Martha's Episcopal Church	Maplewood & Pennsylvania Avenue	Bethany Beach	Victoria Pretti	Rector
1947	St. Martin's in the Field Church	75 West Church Street	Selbyville	Glenn A. Duffy	Pastor
1868	St. Paul's Episcopal Church	Pine and Academy Streets	Georgetown	vacant
1708	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Second and Market Streets	Lewes	Jeffrey A. Ross	Rector
1834	St. Philip's Episcopal Church	600 South Central Avenue	Laurel	Jack Anderson	Rector

References

• The Episcopal Church Diocese of Delaware (2005) [Annual Report]
• "Episcopal Diocese of Delaware". Retrieved March 9, 2005.
• "A fresh start possible for historic Wilmington church". The News Journal. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

Specific

External links

• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Millsboro, Delaware
• St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Middletown, Delaware
• The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Milton, Delaware Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Delaware
• Records and photograph collections for Christ Church, Christiana Hundred in Greenville, Delaware are available for research at Hagley Museum and Library.