Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
{{Short description|Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = East Carolina
|country = United States
|image = Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina.png
|image_size = 135px
|province = Province 4
|denomination = Episcopal Church
|members = 14,852 (2021){{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|established = October 9, 1883
|bishop = Robert Skirving
|cathedral =
|website = {{url|https://www.diocese-eastcarolina.org}}
|map = ECUSA East Carolina.png
|map_caption = Location of the Diocese of East Carolina
}}
The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States that covers most of eastern North Carolina. The diocese was formed from the existing Diocese of North Carolina on October 9, 1883, by action of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diocese-eastcarolina.org/how-we-got-here/|title=How We Got Here - Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina|website=www.diocese-eastcarolina.org}} It consists of the congregations of the Episcopal Church in the eastern portion of the state of North Carolina and forms part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church. Major cities of the diocese include Wilmington, Fayetteville, New Bern, and Greenville. Originally its offices were located in Wilmington, but in 1983 a new diocesan house was built in Kinston, North Carolina, in order to be located more centrally in the diocese's territory. The diocese's current bishop is Robert Skirving.{{cite web | url=https://www.newbernsj.com/story/news/2021/08/11/kinston-based-episcopal-diocese-bishop-rob-skirving/5462333001/ | title= Episcopal Diocese Bishop Rob Skirving of Kinston reflects on the pandemic, unrest and good works
|date=August 11, 2021|website=New Bern Sun Journal}}
List of bishops
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| colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of East Carolina |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1884 | style="text-align: center;" | 1905 | Alfred Augustin Watson (August 21, 1818, Brooklyn, NY – April 21, 1905, Wilmington, NC); elected December 13, 1883 and consecrated April 17, 1884; died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1905 | style="text-align: center;" | 1914 | (December 6, 1857, Wilmington, NC – August 23, 1914, Wilmington, NC); elected coadjutor before October 7, 1903 and consecrated November 1, 1904; died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1915 | style="text-align: center;" | 1945 | Thomas C. Darst{{Cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp103654/thomas-campbell-darst|title=Thomas Campbell Darst - National Portrait Gallery|website=National Portrait Gallery}} | Thomas Campbell Darst (November 10, 1875, Pulaski, VA – September 1, 1948); elected October 7, 1914 and consecrated January 6, 1915; retired May 1, 1945. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1945 | style="text-align: center;" | 1973 | Tom Wright{{Cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/the_living_church/TLCarticle.pl?volume=214&issue=22&article_id=11|title=The Living Church: Search Results|website=episcopalarchives.org}} | Thomas Henry Wright (October 16, 1904, Wilmington, NC – April 26, 1997, Porter's Neck, NC); elected May 24 and consecrated October 5, 1945; retired 1973. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1973 | style="text-align: center;" | 1983 | Hunley A. Elebash{{cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=69-2 |title=Presiding Bishop to Ordain Reverends Wolf and Elebash|website=Diocesan Press Service|date=16 September 1968}} | Hunley Agee Elebash (July 23, 1923, Pensacola, FL – October 20, 1993, Wilmington, NC); elected coadjutor before September 27 and consecrated October 2, 1968; retired August, 1983. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1991 | style="text-align: center;" | 2009 | Charles Vaché, assisting bishop{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19971206-1997-12-06-9712060117-story.html|title=BLESSED IS THE PEACEMAKER|website=Daily Press}} | Claude Charles Vaché (August 4, 1926, North Carolina – November 1, 2009, Virginia Beach, VA); retired Bishop of Southern Virginia. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1983 | style="text-align: center;" | 1997 | B. Sidney Sanders{{cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/the_living_church/TLCarticle.pl?volume=214&issue=26&article_id=8 |title=Bishop Sanders of East Carolina Dies|website=Diocesan Press Service|date=29 June 1997}} | Brice Sidney Sanders (October 15, 1930 – June 5, 1997); elected coadjutor and consecrated June 9, 1979; died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1997 | style="text-align: center;" | 2013 | Clifton Daniel{{Cite web|url=https://www.jdnews.com/story/news/2013/01/06/eastern-north-carolina-episcopal-bishop/34197423007/|title=Eastern North Carolina Episcopal bishop resigns|first=BEN STEELMAN-Wilmington|last=StarNews|website=The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC}} | Coadjutor since 1996. Diocesan from 1997 to 2013. Resigned February 28, 2013 to become Bishop Provisional of The Diocese of Pennsylvania. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2009 | style="text-align: center;" | 2012 | Santosh Marray, Bishop Assisting{{Cite web|url=https://dioceseofeaston.org/bishop-santosh/|title=Bishop Santosh|website=Diocese of Easton}} | Previously Bishop of the Seychelles. Now Bishop Assistant of the Diocese of Alabama. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2013 | style="text-align: center;" | 2015 | Peter James Lee, Bishop Provisional{{cite news|url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2013/03/04/peter-lee-nominated-as-bishop-provisional-for-east-carolina/|title=Peter Lee nominated as bishop provisional for East Carolina|date=4 March 2013|work=Episcopal News Service|accessdate=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232859/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2013/03/04/peter-lee-nominated-as-bishop-provisional-for-east-carolina/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} | Previously Bishop of Virginia, retired. Elected Bishop Provisional at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC on March 9, 2013. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2015 | style="text-align: center;" | incumbent | Robert Skirving{{cite web |website=Episcopal News Service |date=May 19, 2014 |url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2014/05/19/east-carolina-diocese-elects-robert-skirving-as-bishop/ |title=East Carolina diocese elects Robert Skirving as bishop }} | Elected Diocesan Bishop at Christ Church in New Bern, NC on May 17, 2015. Consecrated November 8, 2014. Bishop Diocesan. |
References
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External links
- [http://www.diocese-eastcarolina.org Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina website]
- [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=jcepisdioec Journal of the Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of East Carolina] a comprehensive listing of the proceedings of the diocesan convention from 1883 to 2009, with the exception of 2006.
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Category:Religious organizations established in 1883