Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
| Diocese of North Carolina | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province IV |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 112 (2014) |
| Members | 50,218 (2014) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Episcopal |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop |
Anne Hodges-Copple (Pro Tempore) Peter James Lee (Assistant Bishop) |
| Map | |
 Location of the Diocese of North Carolina |
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| Website | |
| www.episdionc.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, founded in 1817, roughly corresponds to the segment of the U.S. state of North Carolina between I-77 in the west and I-95 in the east, including the most populous area of the state. Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, Cary, and Durham are the largest cities in the diocese. The Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina lies to the west extending into the Appalachian Mountains, and the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina lies to the east extending to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Diocese has no cathedral, but its offices are in downtown Raleigh. It meets in annual convention in November. Between conventions, the Diocese is administered by a Diocesan Council in conjunction with diocesan staff.
The episcopacy of the Diocese is currently vacant, as the eleventh Bishop of North Carolina (Michael Bruce Curry) was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese is Anne Hodges-Copple, who is currently serving as Bishop Pro Tempore. Other bishops who have served the Diocese since 1980 are Robert W. Estill (ninth Bishop of the Diocese), the late Robert C. Johnson (tenth Bishop of the Diocese), the late Frank Vest (Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese who subsequently became Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia), the late Huntington Williams, Jr. (retired Suffragan Bishop), J. Gary Gloster (retired Suffragan Bishop), William Gregg (retired Assistant Bishop and previously the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon), Alfred C. "Chip" Marble, Jr. (retired Assisting Bishop and previously the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi), and Peter James Lee (formerly Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia).
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