Episcopal Diocese of Maine

Diocese of Maine
Cathedral Church of St. Luke
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province I
Coordinates	45°30′N 69°00′W / 45.5°N 69.0°W / 45.5; -69.0Coordinates: 45°30′N 69°00′W / 45.5°N 69.0°W / 45.5; -69.0
Statistics
Congregations	64
Members	11,697 (2015)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of St. Luke
Current leadership
Bishop	Stephen T. Lane
Map
Location of the Diocese of Maine
Website
episcopalmaine.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and encompasses the entire State of Maine. It is part of the Province of New England — Province I of the ECUSA.

The Diocese has 66 year-round congregations and 20 summer chapels. The see city is Portland. Its cathedral is located at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. The diocesan bishop since September 2008 has been Stephen T. Lane.

The Diocese of Maine was created in 1820 from the Eastern Diocese (which included all of New England save Connecticut) and elected its first bishop, George Burgess in 1847.

Bishops

George Burgess (1847 - 1866)
Henry A. Neely (1867 - 1899)
Robert Codman (1900 - 1915)
Benjamin Brewster (1916 - 1940)
Oliver Leland Loring (1941 - 1968)
Frederick Wolf (1968-1986)
Edward C. Chalfant (1986 - 1996)
Chilton R. Knudsen (1998 - 2008)
Stephen T. Lane (2008 - present)

External links

Loring House in Portland

Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts

Province II	Albany Central New York Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Rochester The Virgin Islands Western New York

Province III	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia

Province IV	Alabama Atlanta Central Florida Central Gulf Coast East Carolina East Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky Lexington Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Southeast Florida Southwest Florida Tennessee Upper South Carolina West Tennessee Western North Carolina

Province V	Chicago Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Indianapolis Michigan Milwaukee Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Western Michigan

Province VI	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming

Province VII	Arkansas Dallas Fort Worth Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana

Province VIII	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Micronesia Navajoland Area Mission Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah

Province IX	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Puerto Rico Venezuela

Other Dioceses	Armed Services and Federal Ministries

Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

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