At the founding of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States , all of New England was considered one diocese — the Diocese of Connecticut — led by Bishop Samuel Seabury . In 1811, the congregations in Massachusetts petitioned the General Convention to form a separate diocese consisting of the states of Massachusetts (including Maine ), Rhode Island , New Hampshire , and Vermont . Titled the Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , its first bishop was Alexander Viets Griswold .
3-499: Vermont elected its own bishop in 1832, and separated from the Eastern Diocese. New Hampshire also separated in 1832. The Eastern Diocese ceased to exist in 1843, when Rhode Island and Maine also elected bishops, following the death of Bishop Griswold. 42°21′17.86″N 71°3′35.07″W / 42.3549611°N 71.0597417°W / 42.3549611; -71.0597417 This article about an Anglican diocese
6-636: A woman , Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod , as diocesan bishop. The see city is Burlington , where the Cathedral Church of St. Paul is located. On May 18, 2019, the church elected Shannon MacVean-Brown as the eleventh Bishop of Vermont. Macvean-Brown was consecrated on September 28, 2019 in Ira Allen Chapel in Burlington. Macvean-Brown is the first African-American Bishop of Vermont. Present or former diocesan churches listed on
9-687: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Massachusetts is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Episcopal Diocese of Vermont The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the state of Vermont . It was the first diocese in the Episcopal Church to elect
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