A
brief history of the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island traces the diocese
from Pastor Blackstone's preaching beneath the "Catholic Oak"
in Lonsdale through the Revolutionary period and 19th centuries to the
present day.
In the Episcopal church
individual parishes serve as the primary record-keepers of baptisms, confirmations,
marriages and burials. If you are looking for any of these records, please
inquire first to the church where the sacrament
was performed.
Records from antiquity and
from some closed parishes are stored in the Special Collections
Department of the University of Rhode Island Library. Additional
diocesan records are kept there as well as in a vault in Diocesan
House.
Location of Records
of Closed Rhode
Island Parishes
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Name
of Closed Parish
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Location
of Records
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Church of the Messiah, Providence
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Grace Church, Providence
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Christ
Church, Providence
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Epiphany, Providence
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Church of the Advent, Pawtucket
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Church of the Good Shepherd, Pawtucket
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Chapel of the Transfiguration
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University of Rhode Island
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Hope Valley
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St. Peter, Providence
St. Andrew, Providence
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Sts. Peter and Andrew, Providence
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Church of the Savior, Providence
1863-1912 (consolidated with Calvary, then with St. Martin's)
Calvary, Providence
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St. Martin's, Providence
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Holy Cross, Middletown
Records prior to 1957
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St. Mary's, Portsmouth
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St. Michael & All Angels and
Grace Memorial, Rumford
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St. Michael and Grace, Rumford (See name change below)
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St. Martin's, Pawtucket
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St. Michael and Grace, Rumford (See name change below)
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Trinity, Pawtucket
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St. Paul's, Pawtucket
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St. Andrew, Harris and Coventry
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St. Andrew & St. Philip, Coventry
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St. Philip, Crompton, West Warwick
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Trinity, Bristol
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St. Michael, Bristol
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St. Paul, Providence
St. Thomas, Providence
Church of The Saviour
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Cathedral of St. John, Providence
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St. Bartholomew's, Cranston
Holy Nativity, Cranston
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University of Rhode Island (formerly at Ascension, Cranston)
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Holy Spirit, Fruit Hill, North Providence
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St. James, North Providence
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St. Timothy's, S. Scituate
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Trinity, North Scituate
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St. Ansgarius Swedish Church, Providence
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Diocesan House - vault
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Church of the Resurrection, Warwick
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Diocesan House - vault
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St. Andrew & St. Philip, Coventry
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Church of the Apostles, Coventry
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Changes in Names
of Rhode Island
Churches
|
Former Name
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Present Name
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Austin Chapel
Chapel of the Transfiguration (Hope Valley)
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St. Elizabeth, Hope Valley
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St. Faith's Mission, Pawtucket
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St. Luke's, Pawtucket
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St. Andrew's, Providence
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All Saints, Providence
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St. Andrew's, Coventry
St. Philip, West Warwick
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St. Andrew & St. Philip, Coventry
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Berkeley Memorial Chapel, Middletown
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St. Columba's Chapel, Middletown
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Zion, Newport
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St. George's, Newport
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St. James, N. Providence
(Formerly on Broadway, Providence)
Holy Spirit, Fruit Hill
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St. James, North Providence (this was a merger)
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St. Gabriel's Mission, Lafayette
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Sponsored by St. Paul's, North Kingstown (no records)
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Santa Clara Swedish Mission
(met
at St. Paul's, Pawtucket)
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Sponsored by St. Ansgarius, Providence
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St. Michael and Grace, Rumford
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Church of the Epiphany, East Providence (1336 Pawtucket Ave., Rumford, RI)
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