Province 1 of the Episcopal Church

Province 1 (I), also called the Province of New England, is one of nine ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is composed of the seven dioceses of New England.

Statistically, the province reported 172,437 members in 2015 and 124,481 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 556 filing congregations of the province in 2024 was $104,906,549. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) was 29,949 persons. This was a decrease from ASA of 48,242 in 2015.[1]

Dioceses

The seven dioceses of Province 1 are:[2]

They include both the largest diocese (in number of members) (Diocese of Massachusetts) and the oldest diocese (Diocese of Connecticut) in the Episcopal Church.

Officials

Retired bishop Stephen T. Lane of the Diocese of Maine serves as president, and Kit Wang of the Diocese of Massachusetts serves as vice president.

  1. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  2. ^ Packard, Brook H. (February 10, 2014). When the Bishop Comes to Visit: An Activity Book for All Ages. Church Publishing, Inc. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8192-2915-1.


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