History
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware dates its foundation to 1785, the first time a delegation was sent representing the diocese to the General Convention. The Rev. Charles Wharton, a converted Roman Catholic priest, presided over the first state convention on September 26, 1786, at which it was decided to form a wholly separate diocese from that of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania or the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, but under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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