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The current Bishop , the tenth Bishop of Delaware, is the Right Reverend Wayne P. Wright , who was consecrated bishop June 20 1998 and succeeded the Rt. Rev. C. Cabell Tennis upon the latter's retirement. The diocesan offices are located in Wilmington , Delaware at the Cathedral Church of Saint John.


HISTORY

The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware dates its foundation to 1785 , the first time a delegation was sent representing the diocese to the General Convention. The Rev. Charles Wharton , a converted Roman Catholic Priest , presided over the first state convention on September 26 , 1786 , at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of the Episcopal Diocese Of Pennsylvania or the Episcopal Diocese Of Maryland , but under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania.


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