Province 3 of the Episcopal Church
Province 3 (III), also known as the Province of Washington, is one of nine ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It comprises thirteen dioceses in the Middle Atlantic States of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C. The Rt. Rev. Kevin S. Brown of the Diocese of Delaware serves as President.[1]
Statistically, the province reported 290,674 members in 2015 and 223,965 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 948 filing congregations of the province in 2024 was $236,641,342. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 61,047 persons. This was a decrease from ASA of 90,053 in 2015.[2]
Dioceses of Province III
- Diocese of Delaware (established 1786)
- Diocese of Easton (erected 1868)
- Diocese of Maryland
- Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania (erected 1910)
- Diocese of Pennsylvania
- Diocese of Pittsburgh (erected 1865)
- Diocese of Southern Virginia
- Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
- Diocese of the Susquehanna (erected 2025)
- Diocese of Virginia
- Diocese of Washington
- Diocese of West Virginia (established 1877)
- Former jurisdictions Bethlehem, Central Pennsylvania, Erie, Harrisburg
References and external links
Specific
- ^ "Executive – Province III". Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved March 6, 2026.