St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Est. 1838

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The original church, built one block south of the present site, was consecrated in 1843 by Bishop Leonidas Polk. In 1861, the second Bishop of Alabama, the Rt. Rev. Richard H. Wilmer, was elected there. During the Battle of ...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

This parish established 1830.

Third oldest in Alabama diocese.

Church consecrated in 1843 by

Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana,

(later a Confederate general).

Here Nicholas H. Cobbs was chosen

first Bishop of Alabama in 1844.

First vestrymen: Dr. Richard E. ...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

(St. John’s Parish)

Established 1748 at nearby Tuckahoe Bridge in Queen Anne's County. Congregation built church here in 1768, but it fell into decline as influence of Methodism grew on Eastern Shore. Under guidance of Rev. Robert William Goldsborough, present ...