Episcopal Diocese Of Central Pennsylvania
The seat of the bishop and home of the diocesan offices is St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral at 221 North Front Street in Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
History
In 1871, the original Diocese of Central Pennsylvania was established. In 1904, the Diocese of Harrisburg split off from the old Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, leaving the remainder to rename itself the Diocese of Bethlehem in 1909. In the 1970s, the name of Central Pennsylvania was re-adopted by the Diocese of Harrisburg. In October 2022, the diocesan conventions of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem initiated the process for exploring reunification.
In the 1880s, the first boys' choir in the diocese was established at Christ Church in Reading, Pennsylvania.
From October 2006 until May 2014, Nathan D. Baxter was the bishop of the diocese. Following Baxter's retirement Robert Gepert was named as provisional bishop of the diocese. On 14 March 2015, Audrey Scanlan was elected to become the next bishop of the diocese, and was consecrated in September 2015.
List of Bishops
Bishop | Dates | |
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1st | Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe | 1871-1891 (First Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, present day Diocese of Bethlehem) |
2nd | Nelson Somerville Rulison | 1891-1897 (Second Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, present day Diocese of Bethlehem) |
3rd | Ethelbert Talbot | 1898-1904 (Third Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, present day Diocese of Bethlehem) |
4th | James Henry Darlington | 1905- 1930 (First Bishop of Harrisburg after diocese was created in 1904) |
5th | Hunter Wyatt-Brown | 1931-1943 (Second Bishop of Harrisburg) |
6th | J. Thomas Heistand |
1943-1966 (Third Bishop of Harrisburg) |
7th | Dean T. Stevenson | 1966-1982 (Forth and Last Bishop of Harrisburg & First Bishop of Central Pennsylvania after name was changed in 1971) |
8th | Charlie F. McNutt | 1982- 1995 (Coadjutor Bishop 1980–1982) |
9th | Michael W. Creighton | 1996-2006 |
10th | Nathan D. Baxter |
2006-2014 |
11th | Audrey Scanlan | 2015–present |
See also
References
- ^ "Diocese of Central Pennsylvania: Episcopal Appointments by Bishops Howe and Rulison." Reading, Pennsylvania: The Daily Times and Dispatch, March 6, 1886, p. 3 (subscription required).
- ^ "Central Diocese of Pennsylvania." Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Times and Dispatch, June 15, 1881, front page (subscription required).
- ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre, Pa; The E.S. Yordly Co. title page, p.50.
- ^ "Dioceses of Bethlehem and Central Pennsylvania explore merger | Anglican Ink © 2024". anglican.ink. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Training Boy Choirs: The First Boy Choir in the Diocese of Pennsylvania." Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Times, July 5, 1889, front page (subscription required).
- ^ "Central Pennsylvania diocese elects Audrey Cady Scanlan as bishop", Episcopal News Service, The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 15 March 2015, retrieved 1 January 2022
- ^ "'Retired Bishop Heistand Dies' (Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 79352)".
- ^ "'McNutt Consecrated in Central Pennsylvania' (Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 80404)".
- ^ "'Episcopal Diocese Invests Its New Bishop' (Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 82148)".
- ^ "'Bishop Consecrated in Central Pennsylvania' (The Living Church)".
- ^ "Central Pennsylvania: Baxter consecrated as 10th bishop". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Central Pennsylvania diocese elects Audrey Cady Scanlan as bishop", Episcopal News Service, The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 15 March 2015, retrieved 1 January 2022