An Overview
St. Mary's Is a Parish within the Episcopal Church of the United States
St Mary's is one of 66 congregations in the Diocese of Bethlehem. Our rector is The Rev Nancy Packard. St Mary's is at 100 W Windsor ST (the corner of W Windsor and Front STs), Reading.
The Diocese is in eastern and northeastern PA with its 14 counties being: Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming. The diocese website: www.diobeth.org
The Rt. Rev. Paul V. Marshall is our Bishop. Bishop Paul's website: pboffice@diobeth.org
The Rt. Rev. John P. Cronberger is our Assistant Bishop. Those of us at St Mary;'s are very proud to say that Bishop Cronberger was rector of our church, St Mary's, many years ago.
The diocese address: 333 Wyandotte ST, Bethlehem, PA 18015 Ph: 610-691-5655 or 800-358-5655
We can link to diocesan sites, which include: newSpin, DioBethKids, DioBeth Youth Ministries, DioBeth Podcasts, and the newSpin blog.
Our diocese is one of about 100 dioceses within the U.S., and more than 110 dioceses and jurisdictions in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America that are part of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
The Episcopal Church website: www.epicscopalchurch.org The Episcopal Church in the United States is at Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017 Ph: 212-716-6000 or 800-334-7626
Our Presiding Bishop is The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori. Her website: www.episcopalchurch.org/pb
The Episcopal Church in the United States is one of 38 self-governing national churches of more than 76 million people within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Communion is a freely chosen global fellowship of churches in communion with one another and with the See of Canterbury in England. The Communion's website: www.anglicancommunion.org
The Archbishop of Canterbury is The Most Rev. Rowan Williams. His website: www.archbishopofcanterbury.org The address: Lambeth Palace, London, England SE1 7JU