Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
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The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The diocese has more than 22,000 members in 155 congregations, and is the fifth-largest diocese in the Episcopal Church (USA). The see city is Philadelphia.
The bishop of the diocese is The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr., and The Rt. Rev. Clarence Coleridge is Assistant Bishop. Since 1998, the bishop's cathedra (seat) has been at the new Philadelphia Cathedral in the "University City" section of Philadelphia, adjacent to both the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. The cathedral also serves as the seat of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Since 2000, the denominations have been in full communion with one another, under the agreement known as "Called to Common Mission." The seat of the diocese had been St. Mary's Cathedral, on Ridge Avenue in the Roxborough section of the city.
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Episcopal Dioceses in Province III |
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Bethlehem • Central Pennsylvania • Delaware • Easton • Maryland • Northwestern Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania • Pittsburgh • Southern Virginia • Southwestern Virginia • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia |
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Province I • Province II • Province III • Province IV • Province V • Province VI • Province VII • Province VIII • Province IX |
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