Diocesan Bishops, History and Finding Aids

Bishops of the Episcocpal Church in Connecticut

• Samuel Seabury (1784–1796)
• Abraham Jarvis (1797–1813)
• John Henry Hobart (Interim Bishop from New York).
  • We do not have Bishop Hobart’s papers. They are held by the Diocese of New York.
• Thomas Church Brownell (1819–1865)
• John Williams (1865–1899)
• Chauncey Bunce Brewster (1899–1928)
• Edward Campion Acheson (1928–1934)
  • Following the 80-year rule, the papers of bishops of the diocese since 1938 are not yet open to researchers, and after that date at the discretion of the Archivist or the Bishop.
• Frederick Grandy Budlong (1934–1951)
• Walter Henry Gray (1951–1969)
• John Henry Esquirol (1969–1971)
• Joseph Warren Hutchens (1971–1977)
• Morgan Porteus (1977–1981)
• Arthur E. Walmsley (1981–1993)
• Clarence N. Coleridge (1993–1999)
• Andrew Donnan Smith (1999–2009)
• Ian T. Douglas (2010 – )

   

  For a list of prior bishops, diocesan, suffragan, and coadjutor, please see our Listing of Prior Bishops.