Everything about Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts totally explained
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the
nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Massachusetts was founded by
Puritans who didn't accept such aspects of the
Church of England as
bishops and the
Book of Common Prayer. The first
Anglican parish in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony was
King's Chapel in
Boston, founded in
1688, 58 years after the city. After the
American Revolution, King's Chapel became the first
Unitarian congregation in
North America. The oldest remaining parish in the
diocese is Christ Church in
Quincy, founded in
1704.
The diocese was organised in
1784, five years before the
Episcopal Church itself. The first bishop (for New England and New York) was Samuel Seabury who was consecrated by the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1784.
Today, it's one of the largest dioceses in the ECUSA in terms of membership. It encompasses the eastern part of Massachusetts, specifically, east of
Worcester County.
The diocese was the first in the
Anglican Communion to consecrate a woman bishop.
Barbara Harris became bishop
suffragan of the diocese in
1989.
The current diocesan bishop is the Right Reverend
M. Thomas Shaw,
SSJE. He was consecrated bishop
coadjutor in
1994 and succeeded
David Johnson upon the latter's death in January
1995.
Historically, the diocese has been considered
Low Church; however, there are a number of
Anglo-Catholic parishes, the most famous of which is
Church of the Advent in Boston. Its best-known Low Church parish is
Trinity Church in Boston's
Copley Square.
Diocesan offices are located at 138 Tremont Street, adjacent to the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
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