Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States
The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (also known as The Episcopal Church in 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 and one of seven New England dioceses that make up Province 1 .
Overview
Anglican services have been conducted in Connecticut since 1702. The diocese was established on 22 June 1785 following the American Revolution , and is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church . The inaugural diocesan bishop was the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury , the first Anglican bishop with a see outside the British Isles ; he also served as Presiding Bishop of the Church.
Later bishops included the Rt. Rev. Walter H. Gray , who was also the first chair of the Civil Rights Commission in Connecticut and played a leading role in two meetings of the Lambeth Conference . The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu , Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town , preached at the consecration of the 15th Bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas , in 2010.[1] Laura J. Ahrens as suffragan, the first woman to be elected bishop in Connecticut.[2] Jeffrey Mello succeeded Douglas as the 16th Bishop of Connecticut in 2022.[3]
The bishop's cathedra is situated at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford , and the diocesan offices are located in Meriden .
As of 2021 the diocese had a membership of approximately 40,000, down from 68,000 in 2003.
Churches
The diocese is divided into six geographical areas known as regions.[5] [6]
Northwest region
All Saints with Christ, Oakville
All Saints' Church, Wolcott
Christ Church, Bethlehem Christ Church, Roxbury
Christ Church, Sharon
Christ Church, Waterbury
Church of the Epiphany, Southbury
St. Andrew's Church, Kent
St. Andrew's Church, Dale
St. Andrew's Church, Washington St. George's Church, Middlebury
St. James's Church, Winsted
St. John's Church, New Milford
St. John's Church, Pine Meadow
St. John's Church, Salisbury
St. John's Church, Washington
St. John's Church, Waterbury
St. Mark's Church, Bridgewater
St. Michael's Church, Litchfield
St. Paul's Church, Bantam
St. Paul's Church, Brookfield
St. Paul's Church, Woodbury
St. Peter's-Trinity Church, Thomaston Trinity Church, Lime Rock
Trinity Church, Litchfield
Trinity Church, Torrington
North central region
Christ Church, Middle Haddam
Church of the Good Shepherd, Bristol
Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford Church of the Epiphany, Durham
Emmanuel Church, Killingworth Grace Church, Hartford
Grace Church, Newington
Grace Church, Windsor
Holy Trinity Church, Middletown Old St. Andrew's Church, Bloomfield
St. Alban's Church, Simsbury
St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Rocky Hill
St. Andrew's Church, Meriden
St. Gabriel's Church, Berlin
St. James's Church, Farmington
St. James's Church, Higganum
St. James's Church, West Hartford
St. John's Church, East Hartford St. John's Church, West Hartford St. Luke's Church, South Glastonbury
St. Mark's Church, New Britain
St. Martin's Church, Hartford
St. Monica's Church, Hartford
St. Paul's Church, Southington
St. Stephen's Church, Bloomfield
Todos los Santos Church, Meriden
Trinity Church, Collinsville
Trinity Church, Hartford
Trinity Church, Portland
Trinity Church, Tariffville
Trinity Church, Wethersfield
Northeast region
All Saints' Church, Hartford
Christ Church, Pomfret
Grace Church, Stafford
Holy Trinity Church, Enfield
St. George's Church, Bolton
St. James's Church, Glastonbury
St. John's Church, East Windsor St. John's Church, Vernon
St. Mark's Church, Storrs
St. Mary's Church, Manchester
St. Paul's Church, Plainfield
St. Paul's Church, Willimantic
St. Paul's Church, Windham
St. Peter's Church, Hebron
St. Peter's Church, South Windsor
Trinity Church, Brooklyn
Southwest region
Calvary-St. George's Church, Bridgeport
Christ and Holy Trinity Church, Easton
Christ Church, Greenwich Christ Church, Norwalk
Christ Church, Reading
Christ Church, Stratford
Christ Church, Tashua Église de l'Épiphanie, Stamford
Emmanuel Church, Weston
Grace Church, Trumbull
Iglesia Betania, Stamford
San Lucas y San Pablo Church, Bridgeport
St. Andrew's Church, Stamford St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich
St. Francis Church, Stamford
St. James's Church, Danbury
St. John's Church, Bridgeport St. John's Church, Stamford St. Luke's Church, Darien
St. Mark's Church, Bridgeport
St. Mark's Church, New Canaan
St. Matthew's Church, Wilton
St. Paul's on the Green, Norwalk
St. Paul's Church, Darien
St. Paul's Church, Fairfield
St. Paul's Church, Riverside
St. Paul's Church, Shelton
St. Peter's on the Green, Monroe
St. Peter's, Milford St. Saviour's Church, Old Greenwich
St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield
St. Thomas Church, Bethel
St. Timothy's Church, Fairfield
Trinity-St. Michael's Church, Fairfield
Trinity Church, Newton
Trinity Church, Southport
Trinity Church, Trumbull
South central region
Christ Church, Ansonia
Christ Church, Bethany
Christ Church, Guilford
Christ Church, New Haven Christ Church, Oxford
Church of Christ and the Epiphany, East Haven
Church of Immanuel and St. James, Derby
Church of the Good Shepherd, Orange
Church of the Good Shepherd, Shelton
Church of the Holy Spirit, West Haven
Grace and St. Peter's Church, Hamilton
St. Andrew's Church, Northford
St. Andrew's Church, Milford
St. James's Church, New Haven St. John the Evangelist Church, Yalesville
St. John's Church, Guilford
St. John's Church, New Haven
St. Luke's Church, New Haven St. Michael's Church, Naugatuck
St. Paul and St. James's Church, New Haven
St. Paul's Church, Wallingford
St. Peter's Church, Cheshire
St. Peter's Church, Oxford
St. Thomas Church, New Haven Trinity Church on the Green , New HavenTrinity Church, Branford
Trinity Church, Seymour
Zion Church, North Branford
Southeast region
All Saints' Church, Ivoryton
Calvary Church, Stonington
Grace Church, Old Saybrook
Grace Church, Yantic
Holy Advent Church, Clinton
St. Andrew's Church, Madison
St. Ann's Church, Old Lyme
St. David's Church, Gales Ferry
St. James's Church, New London
St. James's Church, Preston
St. John's Church, Essex
St. John's Church, Niantic
St. Mark's Church, Mystic
St. Paul's Church, Westbrook
St. Stephen's Church, East Haddam 
