About: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

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The Diocese of Virginia is the largest diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing 38 counties in the northern and central parts of the state of Virginia. The diocese was organized in 1785 and is one of the Episcopal Church's nine original dioceses, with origins in colonial Virginia. As of 2018, the diocese has 16 regions with 68,902 members and 180 congregations.

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  • The Diocese of Virginia is the largest diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing 38 counties in the northern and central parts of the state of Virginia. The diocese was organized in 1785 and is one of the Episcopal Church's nine original dioceses, with origins in colonial Virginia. As of 2018, the diocese has 16 regions with 68,902 members and 180 congregations. The see city is Richmond where Mayo Memorial Church House, the diocesan offices, is located. The diocese does not have a conventional cathedral church but rather an open-air cathedral, the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration at Shrine Mont, which was consecrated in 1925. Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia is also the site of a diocesan retreat and camp center. The diocese also operates the Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn in western Richmond, a conference center overlooking the James River. Virginia Theological Seminary, the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States, is located within the diocese in Alexandria, Virginia. (en)
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  • May 18, 1785
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  • 65056 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • James R. Mathes () (en)
  • Jennifer Brooke-Davidson () (en)
  • Susan E. Goff( Ecclesiastical Authority) (en)
  • Ted Gulick (') David Colin Jones (') (en)
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  • Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration (en)
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  • Diocese of Virginia seal.png (en)
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  • 1785-05-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Diocese (en)
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  • Diœcesis Virginiensis (en)
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  • Location of the Diocese of Virginia (en)
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  • 65056 (xsd:integer)
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  • Virginia (en)
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  • 180 (xsd:integer)
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  • 16 (xsd:integer)
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  • The Diocese of Virginia is the largest diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing 38 counties in the northern and central parts of the state of Virginia. The diocese was organized in 1785 and is one of the Episcopal Church's nine original dioceses, with origins in colonial Virginia. As of 2018, the diocese has 16 regions with 68,902 members and 180 congregations. (en)
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  • Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (en)
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  • Virginia (en)
  • Diœcesis Virginiensis (en)
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