Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, which comprise Long Island, New York. It is in Province 2 and its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Incarnation, is located in Garden City, as are its diocesan offices.^[1]

Diocese of Long Island
Location
Country	United States
Territory	New York: Brooklyn, Nassau County, Queens, Suffolk County
Ecclesiastical province	Province II
Archdeaconries	4
Coordinates	40.719841°N 73.641672°W / 40.719841; -73.641672
Statistics
Parishes	128 (2022)
Members	36,543 (2022)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Established	November 18, 1868
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Incarnation
Co-cathedral	St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
Language	English, Spanish
Current leadership
Bishop	Lawrence C. Provenzano Geralyn Wolf (Assistant Bishop)
Map
Website
dioceseli.org

Church of the Holy Spirit, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Current bishop

On the Feast of Theodore of Tarsus, September 19, 2009, Lawrence C. Provenzano was ordained and consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. He officially took office as Bishop of Long Island at the Diocesan Convention November 14, 2009, and was seated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on November 22, 2009. On December 10, 2024, Provenzano announced he would retire in September 2026.^[2]

List of bishops

The bishops of Long Island have been:^[3]

1. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, (1868–1901)
2. Frederick Burgess, (1901–1925)
3. Ernest M. Stires, (1925–1942)

• Frank W. Creighton, suffragan bishop (1933–1937), II Missionary Bishop of the Diocese of Mexico (1926-1933), VI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan (1926-1946)
• John Insley Blair Larned, suffragan bishop (1929-1946)

4. James P. deWolfe, (1942–1966)

• Jonathan G. Sherman, suffragan bishop (1949-1965)

5. Jonathan G. Sherman, (1966–1977)

• Charles W. MacLean, suffragan bishop (1963-1975)
• Richard Beamon Martin, suffragan bishop (1967-1974)

6. Robert C. Witcher, (1977–1991)

• C. Shannon Mallory, assisting bishop (1979-1980)
• Henry B. Hucles III, suffragan bishop (1981-1988)
• Orris George Walker, coadjutor (1988-1991)

7. Orris George Walker, (1991–2015)^[4]

• Rodney R. Michel, suffragan bishop (1997-2007)
• David Joslin as Apostolic Administrator (2009)
• Lawrence C. Provenzano, coadjutor (2009)

8. Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop (2009–present)

• Chilton R. Knudsen, assistant bishop (2014-2015)^[5]
• Geralyn Wolf, assisting bishop (2015-2016), assistant bishop (2016-present)^[6][7]
• R. William Franklin, assisting bishop (2019- present)^[8]

History of the Diocese

The Diocese has benefited from large endowments, for example, $10,000 given in 1908 by Roslyn, New York resident John Ordronaux.^[9]

In 2023, as part of the Uncovering Parish Histories project, the diocese started to investigate its connections to slavery and abolition.^[10]

See also

• Christianity portal

• List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America