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Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically. After 1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen at General Convention by vote by all bishops, and approved by the House of Deputies. The office now has a nine-year term.
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States, officially organized in 1784, five years before the Episcopal Church itself, its first bishop was consecrated in 1797.
"PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence. Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
Bishop of Connecticut Laura J. Ahrens: Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut Maine: Thomas J. Brown: Bishop of Maine Massachusetts: Alan M. Gates: Bishop of Massachusetts Julia E. Whitworth Bishop-elect of Massachusetts Carol Gallagher Assistant Bishop of Massachusetts New Hampshire: A. Robert Hirschfeld: Bishop of New Hampshire Rhode Island ...
Episcopal Divinity School was located in the diocese from its formation in 1974 until moving to New York City in 2017. Many of the diocese's clergy are alumni of EDS. List of Bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts; The diocesan offices are located at 138 Tremont Street, adjacent to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
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See also Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Pages in category "Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Media in category "Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. BishopLambert.jpg 3,257 × 5,000; 3.71 MB