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Community of St. John Baptist Marks 150 Years in U.S.

The sesquicentennial culminated in a Commemoration Day on June 15 with retired Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as celebrant and preacher.

John Spong, Liberal Icon & Conservative Target, Dies

The controversial bishop ordained the first openly gay Episcopal priest, and rejected the literal truth of the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection.

NJ Bishops Call for Prison Reform in Light of COVID-19

Bishops Hughes and Stokes cite "the evil of mass incarceration" and its disparate impact on persons of color, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic.

New Canon for Newark

The Rev. Andrew R. Wright will be the new canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Newark.

A Public Witness of Empathy

The Rev. Cynthia Black: “We stand outside today for a particular reason, and that is to say, ‘We are here. See, this is what love looks like.’”

Newark Calls Priest from Fort Worth

The Diocese of Newark elected the Rev. Carlye J. Hughes as its 11th bishop during a special convention at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown.

4 Nominees for Newark

In the search for its 11th bishop, the Diocese of Newark has nominated a slate of two women serving as priests in Texas and two men serving is priests in and near the nation’s capital.

Echoes of ‘The Bishop We Seek’

The Diocese of Newark’s standing committee pauses a bishop search and apologizes after discovering plagiarism in its diocesan profile.

New Life for a Closed Church

The former St. John’s, Union City, will offer shelter to homeless men.

Bp. Beckwith to Retire

Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of Newark, will retire next year, looking to a September consecration for his successor.

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