Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Upper South Carolina
Denomination:	Episcopal Church
Province:	Province IV
Bishop:	Daniel Richards
Cathedral:	Trinity Cathedral
Congregations:	59 (2021)
Established:	October 10, 1922
Members:	21,765 (2021)
Website:	edusc.org
Map:	ECUSA Upper South Carolina.png

The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina (EDUSC) is a diocese in the Episcopal Church.

Originally part of the Diocese of South Carolina, it became independent on October 10–11, 1922 following nearly two years of planning.^[1] The see city is Columbia. Its cathedral is Trinity Cathedral. The diocese comprises approximately 60 congregations in the Upstate (northwestern) and Midlands regions of the U.S. state of South Carolina.^[2] There are five convocations in the diocese: Midlands (Columbia area), Catawba (Rock Hill area), Foothills (Greenville area), Gravatt (Aiken area), and Piedmont (Spartanburg areas).^[3]

The bishop is Daniel P. Richards. He was elected bishop on September 25 2021 and was consecrated at Trinity Cathedral as bishop on February 26 2022.^{[4] [5]}

Among the Diocese's many institutions, the Bishop Gravatt Center began service in 1949 as a retreat and summer camp site. Now a non-profit corporation with its own Board of Trustees, the Center remains a vital part of the Diocese through its summer camp Christian formation program and numerous diocesan and parish activities such as Happening, Cursillo, youth retreats, vestry retreats, parish family weekends, etc.^[6]

Bishops of Upper South Carolina

	Honorific & Name	Dates
1st	Kirkman George Finlay	1922–1938
2nd	John James Gravatt	1939–1953
3rd	Clarence Alfred Cole	1953–1963
4th	John Adams Pinckney	1963–1972
5th	George Moyer Alexander	1973–1979
6th	William Arthur Beckham	1979–1995
7th	Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr.	1995–2009
8th	W. Andrew Waldo	2010–2022
9th	Daniel Paul Richards	2022–

Parishes, Missions and Institutions as of August 2015

Parishes and Missions

1. Abbeville - Trinity Church
2. Aiken - Saint Augustine of Canterbury Church
3. Aiken - Saint Thaddeus Church
4. Anderson - Grace Church
5. Anderson - Saint George's Church
6. Beech Island - All Saints' Church
7. Batesburg - Saint Paul's Church
8. Boiling Springs - Saint Margaret's Church
9. Camden - Grace Church
10. Cayce - All Saints' Church
11. Chapin - Saint Francis of Assisi Church
12. Chester - Saint Mark's Church
13. Clemson - Holy Trinity Church
14. Clinton - All Saints' Church
15. Columbia - Church of the Good Shepherd
16. Columbia - St Lukes Church
17. Columbia - St Davids Church
18. Columbia - Trinity Cathedral Church
19. Columbia - Church of the Cross
20. Columbia - St Timothys Church
21. Columbia - St Johns Church
22. Columbia - St Marys Church
23. Columbia - St Martins in the Fields Church
24. Columbia - St Michael & All Angels Church
25. Easley - St Michaels Church
26. Eastover - St Thomas
27. Edgefield - Church of the Ridge
28. Fort Mill - St Pauls Episcopal Church
29. Gaffney - Church of the Incarnation
30. Graniteville - Saint Paul's Church
31. Great Falls - Saint Peter's Church
32. Greenville - Saint Francis' Church
33. Greenville - Christ Church
34. Greenville - Saint Philip's Church
35. Greenville - Saint Peter's Church
36. Greenville - Church of the Redeemer
37. Greenville - Saint Andrew's Church
38. Greenville - Saint James Church
39. Greenwood - Church of the Resurrection
40. Greer - Church of the Good Shepherd
41. Hopkins - Saint John's Church
42. Irmo - Church of Saint Simon and Saint Jude
43. Jenkinsville - Saint Barnabas' Church
44. Lancaster - Christ Church
45. Laurens - Church of the Epiphany
46. Lexington - Saint Alban's Church
47. Newberry - Saint Luke's Church
48. North Augusta - Saint Bartholomew's Church
49. Ridgeway - Saint Stephen's Church
50. Rock Hill - Church of Our Saviour
51. Seneca - Church of the Ascension
52. Simpsonville - Holy Cross Church
53. Spartanburg - Saint Christopher's Church
54. Spartanburg - Saint Matthew's Church
55. Spartanburg - Church of the Advent
56. Spartanburg - Church of the Epiphany
57. Trenton - Church of the Ridge
58. Union - Church of the Nativity
59. Winnsboro - Saint John's Church
60. York - Church of the Good Shepherd

Institutions

1. Aiken Bishop Gravatt Center / Camp Gravatt
2. Aiken Mead Hall School
3. Columbia George M. Alexander Diocesan House
4. Columbia Finlay House
   1. Columbia Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Columbia Saint Lawrence Place
5. Denmark Voorhees College,
6. Greenville Christ Church Episcopal School
7. West Columbia Chapel of the Holy Spirit (at Still Hopes)
8. West Columbia South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes
9. York York Place

References

See also The Episcopal Church Annual. Morehouse: New York, NY, 2009 and the online interactive directory at The Red Book

External links

• The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
• The Bishop Gravatt Center.
• Trinity Episcopal Church - Columbia, S.C. photos and history

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Notes and References

1. Book: Clarke, Philip G. . A Brief History of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina: Fiftieth Anniversary Year, 1922-1972 . 1972.
2. Web site: Diocese of Upper South Carolina . The Episcopal Church . 2007-05-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070508200742/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_11337_ENG_HTM.htm . 2007-05-08 .
3. Web site: Diocesan Structure . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104357/http://edusc.org/Diocese/Diocesan%20Structure.pdf . 2007-09-29 . PDF . Diocese of Upper South Carolina . 2007-05-10 . dead .
4. Web site: Announcing the Election of the Very Rev. Daniel P. Richards as the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina - Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina . 2022-02-26 . www.edusc.org . en.
5. Web site: lwilson . 2021-10-11 . Upper South Carolina elects Daniel P. Richards as its ninth bishop . 2022-02-26 . Episcopal News Service . en-US.
6. Diocesan Profile, Search for the Eighth Bishop of Upper South Carolina, 2008, p.16.