Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
the Mid-Atlantic States
Country:United States
Denomination:Anglican Catholic Church
Established:1979
Bishop:Jeffrey Johnson
Territory:Virginia, Deleware, Maryland, Washington D.C., West Virginia (except Cabell and Wayne counties), and the counties of Sullivan and Washington in Tennessee
Province:Anglican Catholic Church Original Province
Website:https://dmas-acc.org/
Metropolitan:Mark Haverland

The Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States is the official organization of the Anglican Catholic Church in Virginia, Deleware, Maryland (including Washington D.C.), West Virginia (except Cabell and Wayne counties), and the counties of Sullivan and Washington in Tennessee.[1]

After the creation of the Anglican Catholic Church following the Congress of St. Louis, the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States was formed in 1979 and held its first Synod.[2] Bishop Charles Dale Doren was the first bishop of the newly created diocese.[3] William J. Rutherford was elected in 1980 as bishop coadjutor, and consecrated on March 8, 1980.[4] In 1980, the diocese claimed 22 parishes.[5] Bishop Doren later left the Anglican Catholic Church to form the United Episcopal Church of North America, and Bishop Rutherford became Bishop Ordinary from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. In 1983, a number of clergy and their parishes opposed to the newly organized church and the adoption of the Constitution and Canons that were drafted in 1978 in Dallas, left with Bishop Robert Harvey of the Diocese of the Southwest, among whom was Fr. Lester Kinsolving.[6] Bishop Rutherford was succeeded by Bishop Coadjutor John T. Cahoon, Jr.[7] Bishop Cahoon was made archbishop of the Anglican Catholic Church in 1999, a position he held concurrently until his death in 2001.[8] [9] He was succeeded by Harry Burgoyne Scott III,[10] who died within a year.[11] William McClean Jr. was consecrated March 15, 2003 to be the fifth bishop ordinary, and held that office until his retirement in 2011.Bishop Donald Francis Lerow was consecrated in 2012 as Bishop of the Armed Forces (ACC) and the episcopal visitor for the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States (ACC).[12] He became the Bishop Ordinary in 2013, a post he held until he announced his retirement in 2024.Bishop Lerow, also a Captain of the U.S. Navy, has been the endorser of chaplaincy for the Anglican Catholic Church with the U.S. Department of Defense.[13]

Jeffrey Scott Johnson, Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Saluda, Virginia, was elected in June 2024 to be the seventh Bishop Ordinary of the diocese. He was consecrated at St. Alban's Anglican Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia on October 12, 2024.[14] [15] [16]

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  1. https://anglicancatholic.org/mt-content/uploads/2020/10/canons-statutes-of-the-original-province.pdf CANONS AND STATUTES OF THE ORIGINAL PROVINCE OF THE ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
  2. News: June 18, 1979 . Synod Meets At Emory . Bluefield Daily Telegraph . 16A.
  3. News: February 23, 1980 . Traditional Episcopalians inaugurate new parish . The Frederick News Post . 25.
  4. News: March 9, 1980 . Consecrating a new bishop of Anglicans . The Roanoke Times . 152.
  5. News: June 2, 1980 . New Anglican Church forms . The Frederick News Post . D5.
  6. Briggs, Ed (October 21, 1983). "Anglican bishop suspended after ordaining deacon here". Richmond Times-Dispatch. pp. 17, 21.
  7. Web site: RELIGION BRIEFS . 2024-08-25 . scholar.lib.vt.edu.
  8. News: October 18, 2001 . The Most Rev. John Cahoon Jr. . The Frederick News Post . A5.
  9. News: 2024-01-17 . Anglican Catholic Leader John Cahoon Jr. . 2024-08-25 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  10. Web site: ANGLICAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN CHRISTIANSBURG IS ELEVATED TO BISHOP - Document - Gale OneFile: News . 2024-08-25 . go.gale.com.
  11. News: September 22, 2002 . Scott . Lexington Herald-Leader . 21.
  12. Web site: 2012-02-01 . Consecration Update . 2024-08-25 . The Cathedral Close . en.
  13. Web site: Pilot . REV Thomas H. Harbold Special to The . 2023-11-16 . Christ Church Anglican Hosts Autumn Clericus . 2024-08-25 . The Pilot Newspaper . en.
  14. Web site: Sentinel . Southside . 2024-10-11 . To Bishop or Not To Bishop • SSentinel.com . 2024-10-14 . SSentinel.com . en-US.
  15. Web site: Sentinel . Southside . 2024-10-23 . Becoming a bishop • SSentinel.com . 2024-10-27 . SSentinel.com . en-US.
  16. Consecration of the Ven. Jeffery S. Johnson as the 7th Bishop of the DMAS . 2024-11-03 . Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States . 2024-11-12 . YouTube.
  17. Web site: All Saints Anglican Church – Old Centenary Methodist Church – Virginia's River Realm . 2024-10-14 . www.virginiasriverrealm.com.
  18. News: . Lindsey . Alberta . TRUE TO FORM ; ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CLINGS TO TRADITION . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 30 August 2003 . B.1 .
  19. News: April 30, 2016 . A more perfect union . The Frederick News Post . D5.
  20. Web site: ANGLICAN CATHOLIC RECTOR TAKES ON JESUS SEMINAR . 2024-08-25 . scholar.lib.vt.edu.
  21. Web site: danielledunaway . 2012-01-08 . New priest at St. Peter's Anglican Church . 2024-08-25 . Roanoke Times . en.
  22. News: . IN BRIEF . The Washington Post . 30 May 1992 . g.11 .
  23. Web site: 2021-12-09 . RIP The Right Revd William Rutherford Anglican Catholic Church . 2022-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211209103114/https://www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/2001/03/31/rip-the-right-revd-william-rutherford/ . December 9, 2021 .
  24. Web site: RELIGION BRIEFS . 2023-08-13 . scholar.lib.vt.edu.
  25. Web site: 2021-12-07 . RIP The Most Revd John T Cahoon Jnr Anglican Catholic Church . 2022-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207224034/https://www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/2001/10/04/rip-the-most-revd-john-t-cahoon-jnr/ . December 7, 2021 .
  26. Web site: Bill Tracking - 2003 session > Legislation . https://web.archive.org/web/20231111142345/https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?031+ful+HJ672ER . November 11, 2023 . 2023-06-11 . lis.virginia.gov.
  27. News: . Reverend Canon Kenneth W. Gunn-Walberg Ph.D. . The News Journal . 20 August 2021 .
  28. Web site: D. Bruce Shine Obituary 2021 . 2024-08-25 . Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes . en.

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