Episcopal Diocese of Washington
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- For the Episcopal Church in Washington state, see Episcopal Diocese of Spokane and Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.
The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is the ecclesiastical territory or "diocese" of the Episcopal Bishop of Washington which is comprised of the United States District of Columbia and Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, Prince George's and Montgomery. Its principal church is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, unofficially known as Washington National Cathedral, located at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues in Washington, D.C. Governed from Mount Saint Albans, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is a member see of the greater Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) which in turn is a member of the Anglican Communion.
The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane is the current and eighth bishop of Washington.
[edit] Bishops of Washington
- Henry Yates Satterlee
- Alfred Harding
- James E. Freeman
- Angus Dun
- William F. Creighton
- John T. Walker
- Ronald Hayward Haines
- John Bryson Chane
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