Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

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The Episcopal Diocese of 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 in the United States of America. Its first bishop, Samuel Seabury, was the first Anglican bishop with a see outside the British Isles. Anglican services have been conducted in the diocese since 1702, but the first diocesan convention did not take place until after the diocese was organized, convened by Bishop Seabury in 1785.^[1]

The see city is Hartford. There are 177 parishes in the diocese, encompassing about 68,500 baptized members. One of Connecticut's well-known bishops was the Right Reverend Walter Henry Gray, who served as the first chairman of the Civil Rights Commission in Connecticut. Bishop Gray also played a leading role at two meetings of the Lambeth Conferences.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Andrew D. Smith, who is the fourteenth bishop of the diocese. He is assisted by a bishop suffragan, the Rt. Rev. James E. Curry. On March 10, 2007, the Rev. Laura Ahrens was elected bishop suffragan on the fifth ballot, the first woman to be elected bishop in Connecticut. If she receives consent from a majority of diocesan standing committees and diocesan bishops, she will be consecrated on June 30.^[2]

These are the bishops who have served the Diocese of Connecticut:^[3]

1. Samuel Seabury (1784 - 1796)
2. Abraham Jarvis (1797 - 1813)
3. Thomas Church Brownell (1819 - 1865)
   * John Williams, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1851)
4. John Williams (1865 - 1899)
   * Chauncey Bunce Brewster, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1897)
5. Chauncey Bunce Brewster (1899 - 1928)
   * Edward C. Acheson, Suffragan Bishop (elected 1915); Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1926)
6. Edward C. Acheson (1928 - 1934)
   * Frederick G. Budlong, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1931)
7. Frederick G. Budlong (1931 - 1954)
   * Walter Henry Gray, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 1940); Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1945)
8. Walter Henry Gray (1951 - 1969)
   * Robert M. Hatch, Suffragan Bishop (1951 - 1957)
   * John Henry Esquirol, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 1958)
   * J. Warren Hutchens, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 1961)
9. John Henry Esquirol (1971 - 1971)
10. J. Warren Hutchens, (1971 - 1977)
    * Morgan Porteus, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 1971); Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1976)
11. Morgan Porteus (1977 - 1981)
    * W. Bradford Hastings, Suffragan Bishop (1981 - 1986)
    * Arthur Edward Walmsley, Coadjutor Bishop (consecrated 1979)
12. Arthur Edward Walmsley, (1981 - 1993)
    * Clarence Nicholas Coleridge, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 1981)
    * Jeffrey William Rowthorn, Suffragan Bishop (1987 - 1993)
13. Clarence Nicholas Coleridge (1993 - 1999)
    * Andrew D. Smith, Suffragan Bishop (1996 - 1999)
14. Andrew D. Smith, 1996 - Present)
    * James Elliot Curry, Suffragan Bishop (consecrated 2000)
    * Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, Suffragan Bishop (2000 - 2006)

[edit] References

[edit] See Also

• List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

[edit] External Links

• Official Web site of the Diocese of Connecticut
• Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut
• Official Web site of the Episcopal Church

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