OUR HISTORY - Resurrection Episcopal Church
OUR HISTORY - Resurrection Episcopal Church
1923
The Reverend Adolphus Nero, obtained permission from the Reverend Arthur Roberts of Grace Episcopal Church in Corona to celebrate a 6:00 AM Mass on Easter Sunday
This small group of Christians first rented a basement, then a storefront, and later with financial assistance from the Diocese, graduated to a two story building on 32nd Ave near 104th Street in East Elmhurst.
1930
The Reverend Ebenezer Holman, formerly of St. Cyprians, Hampton, Virginia, became Vicar of the Resurrection
1940
Membership at Resurrection increased so rapidly that in the early 1940s a decision was made to acquire a new site.
1952
Father Hamilton accompanied by Bishop DeWolfe led some 300 members into their new spiritual home at the corner of 101st St and 32nd Ave
1957
Bishop DeWolfe appointed The Reverend Harold Louis Wright, who was a deacon and a recent Seminary graduate. He was ordained later that year as a vicar,.
1962
E. Carlton Nurse was elected as the first warden, and held the post until 1964 when William Watson took up the mantle
1963
Reverend John Graham Murdock, was ordained at Resurrection. In the same year, the fiscal report showed Resurrection had a membership of 783, a school enrollment of 175 pupils, served by a staff of 20 teachers, under the supervision of Ernest Gillespie.
1969
Reverend Harold Louis Wright resigned his post at Resurrection. Shortly thereafter, Father Wright was consecrated the first African-American Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of the Diocese of New York
1970
The Reverend Canon Kenneth E. McDonald became the second Rector of the Church of the Resurrection
1986
Reverend Dr. Alvin E. Robinson was elected the Third Rector
1999
Reverend Pierre-Andre served as Fourth Rector
2012
The Reverend Canon Leopold C. Baynes and The Reverend Patrick Holdkamp served as interim priests until The Reverent Gilberto A Hinds was appointed in June 2015