History And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord
as a result, many of our parishes benefitted from
Black communities throughout the diocese. They
your God has led you.
the slave economy. Like so many other institutions
are one way to repair the breach and, to paraphrase
throughout the country, we are going through
the prophet Jeremiah, seek the welfare of the places
a period of self-examination. Parishes are
where God has placed us.
DEUTERONOMY 8:2
The Diocese of Maryland has a rich and robust history, dating back to the earliest years of colonial America. If you are interested in learning more about us, our extensive archives are a wonderful place to start.
researching their histories, often making painful discoveries. In one instance a deacon and a parishioner in one of our congregations learned that the parishioner’s family had owned the deacon’s. This
In the interest of transparency, please read our compilation of the history of racism in the Diocese of Maryland.
Contrary to the teachings of Jesus, our history is
led to a time of healing and a special ceremony to
A more recent trauma involved the brief tenure of
not without its share of trauma, misfortune and
remember those who had been enslaved.
Heather Cook as our Suffragan Bishop. Consecrated
racial injustice. Maryland was a slave state and,
Our Truth and Reconciliation Committee has led the way in not only making these issues a part of the diocesan conversation, but also making genuine efforts in the area of reparations. This year, the Reparations Task Force issued the first grants from its $1 million fund. These grants are designed to help restore African American and
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in September 2014, she had barely begun her episcopate when in December of that year she killed a bicyclist in a traffic accident in Baltimore. A subsequent conviction on numerous charges, including driving while impaired, led to her imprisonment and to her being deposed from the ministry of The Episcopal Church.
