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The Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, USA is one of 20 dioceses that comprise Province IV of the US Episcopal Church, and is a diocese within the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current bishop is Frank S. Logue , who succeeded Scott Anson Benhase on May 30, 2020, when he was consecrated 11th bishop of Georgia at a service held in Christ Church in ...
St. John's Episcopal Church. St. John's Church in Savannah is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. The church was formed in 1841 from the growing Christ Church, Savannah, as part of a plan to increase Episcopal presence in Georgia and to provide for a first bishop of the diocese. One of its founders was local businessman Edward ...
Christ Church is an Episcopal church at 28 Bull Street, Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia.Founded in 1733, it was the first church established in the Province of Georgia and one of the first parishes within the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, earning it the nickname "the Mother Church of Georgia".
Reeves was consecrated as the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia at Christ Church, Savannah, on September 30, 1969. [3] He had been elected as a bishop coadjutor to succeed Albert R. Stuart on Bishop Stuart's retirement. He stood in opposition to the 1979 revisions to the Book of Common Prayer and the ordination of women in The ...
He was elected on November 16, 2019, on the first ballot. Logue was serving as Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Georgia and a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church when elected. [4] Logue succeeded Scott Anson Benhase on May 30, 2020, when he was consecrated as a bishop in Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia.
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, for a total of 108 dioceses.
In 1957, Stuart dedicated a newly acquired Diocesan House on East Bay Street in Savannah as the diocesan headquarters. At that time, there were 9,976 communicants in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. [2] He served as diocesan bishop through 1971. He died two years later and was buried on Holy Saturday of that year, April 21, 1973.
He was consecrated as Bishop on April 2, 1868, in St. John's Church, Savannah. Beckwith served as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia for 23 years during the difficult period of reconstruction. There were 31 churches in the diocese at the time of his consecration. At his death, there were 53 churches and five missions.