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1824

William Levington held its first service in an "Upper Room" at Park Avenue and Marion Street on June 23, 1824.

1827

Levington, building a new church at North (now Guilford) and Saratoga Streets which was dedicated on March 31, 1827.

1901

In 1901 the congregation had grown such that they built and consecrated a new building at Park Avenue and Preston Street.

1924

By 1924 this parish was among the largest Black Episcopalian congregations in the country, with more than 500 parishioners.

1932

On Easter, 1932, the congregation held their first services in the current building, which it had bought from the white congregation, Church of the Ascension, which had moved to Middle River, Maryland.

1940

George F. Bragg, 1940 The Rev.

1963

Cedric Mills, 1963 The Rev.

1968

Under his leadership, the parish invested in the surrounding neighborhood, building the St James Terrace Apartments in 1968.

2002

Michael B. Curry, 2002 The Rev.

2008

In 2008, the parish hosted the diocesan convention which elected Eugene Sutton as the first African American to become Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland.

2015

Curry was installed as presiding bishop and primate on November 1, 2015, All Saints' Day, during a Eucharist at Washington National Cathedral.

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