Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in [the United States of America] and encompasses the entire State of Maine. It is part of the [Province of New England] — Province I of the ECUSA. The diocese reported 11,643 members in 2015 and 8,400 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 57 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $8,036,025. Average Sunday attendance was 2,640 persons.
The Diocese has 57 year-round congregations and 17 summer chapels. The see city is Portland. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. Thomas J. [Brown (bishop of Maine)|Thomas J. Brown] was elected tenth Bishop of Maine on February 9, 2019. Brown was consecrated and assumed office on June 22, 2019. Brown is the first openly gay bishop to lead the diocese.
The Diocese of Maine was created in 1820 from the Eastern Diocese and elected its first bishop, George Burgess in 1847.