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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 ...
The Cathedral of the Incarnation is an Episcopal cathedral in Garden City, New York.It is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.. Built to the memory of Alexander Turney Stewart, the Cathedral of the Incarnation is the only cathedral in the United States funded by a single person, and the only one that is built in memory of a single individual.
Bishop of Long Island: Church: Episcopal Church: Diocese: Long Island: Elected: March 21, 2009: In office: 2009–present: Predecessor: Orris George Walker: Previous post(s) Coadjutor Bishop of Long Island (2009) Orders; Ordination: May 22, 1982 by Daniel Patrick Reilly: Consecration: September 19, 2009 by Katharine Jefferts Schori: Personal ...
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 108 dioceses: 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.
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In February 1955, he initiated a new form for alternative theological training by establishing the School of Theology of the Diocese of Long Island. It was a program designed for training older men for the ministry. The school met regularly at St. Paul's Boys School and in the Cathedral House in Garden City, New York.
Walker ordained Anne Lyndall and Noreen Moody, the first women priests for the Diocese of Long Island in the Cathedral of the Incarnation on 25 January 1989. He succeeded as diocesan in on January 1, 1991 and was installed in his cathedral on January 5. During his episcopacy he worked for the full inclusion of women in the ordained ministry.
It opened in 1883 as a military school for boys, owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. In 1884, the St. Paul's football team won the New York area championship. The school also had baseball and ice hockey teams. St. Paul's remained a military school for only 10 years, afterward becoming a college preparatory academy.