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Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 34°00′05″N 81°01′49″W / 34.0013°N 81.0303°W

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Diocese of Upper South Carolina


Location
Country	United States
Ecclesiastical province	Province IV
Statistics
Congregations	59 (2021)
Members	21,765 (2021)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Established	October 10, 1922
Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Daniel Richards
Map
Location of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Website
edusc.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina (EDUSC) is a diocese in the Episcopal Church.

Originally part of the Diocese of South Carolina, it became independent on October 10–11, 1922 following nearly two years of planning.^[1] The see city is Columbia. Its cathedral is Trinity Cathedral. The diocese comprises approximately 60 congregations in the Upstate (northwestern) and Midlands regions of the U.S. state of South Carolina.^[2] There are five convocations in the diocese: Midlands (Columbia area), Catawba (Rock Hill area), Foothills (Greenville area), Gravatt (Aiken area), and Piedmont (Spartanburg areas).^[3]

The bishop is Daniel P. Richards. He was elected bishop on September 25 2021 and was consecrated at Trinity Cathedral as bishop on February 26 2022.^[4]^[5]

Among the Diocese's many institutions, the Bishop Gravatt Center began service in 1949 as a retreat and summer camp site. Now a non-profit corporation with its own Board of Trustees, the Center remains a vital part of the Diocese through its summer camp Christian formation program and numerous diocesan and parish activities such as Happening, Cursillo, youth retreats, vestry retreats, parish family weekends, etc.^[6]

Bishops of Upper South Carolina

	Honorific & Name	Dates
1st	Kirkman George Finlay	1922–1938
2nd	John James Gravatt	1939–1953
3rd	Clarence Alfred Cole	1953–1963
4th	John Adams Pinckney	1963–1972
5th	George Moyer Alexander	1973–1979
6th	William Arthur Beckham	1979–1995
7th	Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr.	1995–2009
8th	W. Andrew Waldo	2010–2022
9th	Daniel Paul Richards	2022–

Parishes, Missions and Institutions as of August 2015

Parishes and Missions

Abbeville - Trinity Church
Aiken - Saint Augustine of Canterbury Church
Aiken - Saint Thaddeus Church
Anderson - Grace Church
Anderson - Saint George's Church
Beech Island - All Saints' Church
Batesburg - Saint Paul's Church
Boiling Springs - Saint Margaret's Church
Camden - Grace Church
Cayce - All Saints' Church
Chapin - Saint Francis of Assisi Church
Chester - Saint Mark's Church
Clemson - Holy Trinity Church
Clinton - All Saints' Church
Columbia - Church of the Good Shepherd
Columbia - St Lukes Church
Columbia - St Davids Church
Columbia - Trinity Cathedral Church
Columbia - Church of the Cross
Columbia - St Timothys Church
Columbia - St Johns Church
Columbia - St Marys Church
Columbia - St Martins in the Fields Church
Columbia - St Michael & All Angels Church
Easley - St Michaels Church
Eastover - St Thomas
Edgefield - Church of the Ridge
Fort Mill - St Pauls Episcopal Church
Gaffney - Church of the Incarnation
Graniteville - Saint Paul's Church
Great Falls - Saint Peter's Church
Greenville - Saint Francis' Church
Greenville - Christ Church
Greenville - Saint Philip's Church Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
Greenville - Saint Peter's Church
Greenville - Church of the Redeemer
Greenville - Saint Andrew's Church
Greenville - Saint James Church
Greenwood - Church of the Resurrection
Greer - Church of the Good Shepherd
Hopkins - Saint John's Church
Irmo - Church of Saint Simon and Saint Jude
Jenkinsville - Saint Barnabas' Church
Lancaster - Christ Church
Laurens - Church of the Epiphany
Lexington - Saint Alban's Church
Newberry - Saint Luke's Church
North Augusta - Saint Bartholomew's Church
Ridgeway - Saint Stephen's Church
Rock Hill - Church of Our Saviour
Seneca - Church of the Ascension
Simpsonville - Holy Cross Church
Spartanburg - Saint Christopher's Church
Spartanburg - Saint Matthew's Church
Spartanburg - Church of the Advent
Spartanburg - Church of the Epiphany
Trenton - Church of the Ridge
Union - Church of the Nativity
Winnsboro - Saint John's Church
York - Church of the Good Shepherd

Institutions

Aiken Bishop Gravatt Center / Camp Gravatt
Aiken Mead Hall School
Columbia George M. Alexander Diocesan House
Columbia Finlay House
Columbia Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Columbia Saint Lawrence Place
Denmark Voorhees College,
Greenville Christ Church Episcopal School
West Columbia Chapel of the Holy Spirit (at Still Hopes)
West Columbia South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes
York York Place

References

^ Clarke, Philip G. (1972). A Brief History of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina: Fiftieth Anniversary Year, 1922-1972.
^ "Diocese of Upper South Carolina". The Episcopal Church. Archived from the original on 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
^ "Diocesan Structure" (PDF). Diocese of Upper South Carolina. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
^ "Announcing the Election of the Very Rev. Daniel P. Richards as the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina - Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina". www.edusc.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
^ lwilson (2021-10-11). "Upper South Carolina elects Daniel P. Richards as its ninth bishop". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
^ Diocesan Profile, Search for the Eighth Bishop of Upper South Carolina, 2008, p.16.

See also The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse: New York, NY, 2009 and the online interactive directory at The Red Book

External links

The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
The Bishop Gravatt Center.
Trinity Episcopal Church - Columbia, S.C. photos and history

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