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“God willing and the people consenting,” Lynne A. Walton, a long-time resident of New Berlin, will be ordained a Deacon in The Episcopal Church on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Forty-nine clergy of the Diocese of Central New York, including Bishop Duncan-Probe, have co-signed an open letter to the mayors and police chiefs of Auburn, Binghamton, Cortland, Elmira, Ithaca, [...]

The Rt. Rev. Dr. DeDe Duncan-Probe, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, will ordain local jazz musician John Rohde to the priesthood at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 14 at St. [...]

The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and the Vestry of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in New Hartford, NY have today turned over to law enforcement officials materials relevant to alleged [...]

The Rt. Rev. Dr. DeDe Duncan-Probe, Bishop of Central New York, today announced that the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York is investigating alleged financial wrongdoing on the part of the [...]

LGBTQ people are God’s beloved, made in the image of God, and are our beloved neighbors, friends, clergy and lay leaders of The Episcopal Church. 

Episcopal Churches throughout Central New York will toll their bells at noon on Tuesday, October 3rd to commemorate the victims of the October 2nd mass shooting in Las Vegas. They […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2017 CNY EPISCOPAL BISHOP TO BLESS BIKES, LEAD MOTORCYCLE RIDE Christ Episcopal Church in Jordan has a special guest leader for their annual spring “Blessing […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Liverpool, New York—December 3, 2016 DUNCAN-PROBE CONSECRATED AS BISHOP OF CENTRAL NEW YORK; INTENDS TO LEAD DIOCESE IN MINISTRIES OF INCLUSION, RECONCILIATION Hundreds of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2016 HISTORIC CONSECRATION OF CNY’S FIRST FEMALE BISHOP TO TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, DEC. 3RD Hundreds of Central New Yorkers and bishops/dignitaries from across the [...]