Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

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The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing 38 counties in the northern and central parts of the state of Virginia. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

The diocese has over 89,000 members in 197 congregations, and is thus the largest diocese in the Episcopal Church (USA). The see city is Richmond. The current diocesan bishop is The Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, 12th Bishop of Virginia. The diocese also has a suffragan bishop, The Rt. Rev. David Colin Jones. The lay and clergy of the diocese elected a bishop coadjutor, The Very Rev. Shannon S. Johnston at the 212th Annual Council on January 26, 2007. Mr. Johnston, 48, has been serving as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Tupelo, Mississippi. He will be consecrated on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at Washington National Cathedral. Johnston will succeed Bishop Lee upon his retirement as diocesan bishop, which will, by Canon, occur no later than 2010.

The diocese does not have a conventional cathedral church, rather an open-air cathedral, the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration (Shrine Mont), which was consecrated in 1925. Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia is also the site of a diocesan retreat and camp center. The diocese also operates the Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn in western Richmond, a conference center overlooking the James River.

Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States is located in within the diocese in Alexandria, Virginia.

Diocesan offices are located in Richmond:

The Mayo Memorial Church House, 110 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23220-5095, phone 804-643-8451, 800-DIOCESE, FAX 804-644-6928.

[edit] Episcopal College Ministries in the Diocese of Virginia

James Madison University: The Canterbury Episcopal Campus Ministry at JMU
University of Virginia: UVA Canterbury Fellowship at St. Paul's Memorial Church
The University of Mary Washington: The UMW Canterbury Club
Randolph Macon College: at St. James-the-Less, Ashland
Virginia Commonwealth University at Grace and Holy Trinity, Richmond

[edit] External links

Official Web site of the Diocese of Virginia
List of Churches in the Diocese
Shrine Mont: The Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration and a Retreat Center of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

	Episcopal Dioceses in Province III
	Bethlehem • Central Pennsylvania • Delaware • Easton • Maryland • Northwestern Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania • Pittsburgh • Southern Virginia • Southwestern Virginia • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia
	Province I • Province II • Province III • Province IV • Province V • Province VI • Province VII • Province VIII • Province IX