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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 offices.
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Current bishop
On the Feast of Theodore of Tarsus, September 19, 2009, Lawrence C. Provenzano was ordained and consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. He officially took office as Bishop of Long Island at the Diocesan Convention November 14, 2009, and was seated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on November 22, 2009.
List of bishops
The bishops of Long Island have been:
1. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, (1868–1901)
2. Frederick Burgess, (1901–1925)
3. Ernest M. Stires, (1925–1942)
4. James P. deWolfe, (1942–1966)
5. Jonathan G. Sherman, (1966–1977)
6. Robert C. Witcher, (1977–1991)
7. Orris G. Walker, Jr., (1991–2009 )
8. Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop (2009–present)
Diocesan Search for Bishop Coadjutor
Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop coadjutor-elect was elected on March 21, 2009. Provenzano was consecrated on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Tilles Center, Brookville, N.Y., by Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Mark Beckwith, George Councell, David Joslin, and Gordon Scruton. At least 12 other bishops were also present. At his consecration, Provenzano was presented with a pectoral cross by the Massachusetts Corps of Fire Chaplains, of which he was a longtime member. That cross contains a piece of steel taken from the ruins of the World Trade Center. The Shinnecock-Sewanaka Society, representing the indigenous tribal nations of Long Island, presented Provenzano with traditional gifts: an animal hide, corn, beans and squash, wampum shells, and a rattle.
History of the Diocese
The Diocese has benefited from large endowments, for example, $10,000 given in 1908 by Roslyn, New York resident John Ordronaux.