Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic


The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with the Convocation of Eastern Canada, formerly known as the New York and Philadelphia Synod, is a founding jurisdiction of the Reformed Episcopal Church in 1873 and, more recently, a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009. It comprises 27 parishes, 26 of them in five American states – Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York – and one in the Canadian province of Ontario. The current bishop is Bill Jenkins.
The Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States, founded in 1873, was originally organized into synods. The New York and Philadelphia Synod, one of the REC's founding synods, was renamed the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic when the nomenclature was changed in 1984.
As part of the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic took part in the Anglican realignment movement in the United States, being one of the founding dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009.
The diocese is home for the Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Oreland, Pennsylvania.
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List of bishops ordinary

Bishops from 1873 to 1984 were bishops of the New York and Philadelphia synod; bishops from 1984 to the present were bishops of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
  1. George D. Cummins
  2. William R. Nicholson
  3. James Allen Latané
  4. William T. Sabine
  5. Robert Livingston Rudolph
  6. Robert Westly Peach
  7. William Culbertson III
  8. Howard D. Higgins
  9. Theophilus J. Herter
  10. Leonard W. Riches
  11. David L. Hicks
  12. R. Charles Gillin
  13. William A. Jenkins Sr.

Parishes

As of 2022, the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic had 25 parishes. Notable parishes in the diocese include:
ChurchImageCityYear foundedYear completedNotes
St. Alban's ChurchNew York City18741877Also known as the First Reformed Episcopal Church
Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal ChurchCatonsville, Maryland18741961Founded as the Church of the Rock of Ages
Reformed Episcopal Church of the AtonementPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18751929Founded as the Third Reformed Episcopal Church
Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18871888Location of Reformed Episcopal Seminary campus, 1887–2001. Demolished 2018.
Grace Reformed Episcopal ChurchHavre de Grace, Maryland19101910