The following list of historically black parishes are still in existence today. Many of these congregations have become multi-cultural communities in recent years as the Church has become more conscious of its mission to end racism. This list is not definitive and does not include the many historical churches that have been forced to close as a result of a radical transformation of America’s cities since the Second World War. Readers are welcome to comment on missing parishes (still active) and dates of establishment.
The parishes are listed in chronological order by state. Click on their name to learn more about each parish.
Alabama
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Mobile, founded in 1854 under the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast
- St. Mark’s Church, Birmingham, founded in 1891 under the Diocese of Alabama
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Montgomery, founded in 1900 under the Diocese of Alabama
- St. Andrew’s, Tuskegee, founded in 1950 under the Diocese of Alabama
Arkansas
California
- St. Augustine’s Church, Oakland, founded in 1921 under the Diocese of California
- St. Philip’s, Los Angeles, founded in 1945 under the Diocese of Los Angeles
Colorado
Connecticut
- St. Luke’s Church, New Haven, founded in 1844 under the Diocese of Connecticut
- St. Monica’s Church, Hartford, founded in 1973 under the Diocese of Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- St. Philip’s Church, Jacksonville, founded in 1872 under the Diocese of Florida
- St. Peter’s Church, Key West, founded in 1875 under the Diocese of Southeast Florida
- St. Michael and All Angels Church, Tallahassee, founded in 1882 under the Diocese of Florida
- St. Cyprian’s Church, Pensacola, founded in 1887 under the Diocese of Central Gulf Coast (no website available)
- St. Agnes’ Church, Miami, founded in 1896 under the Diocese of Southeast Florida
- St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Orlando, founded in 1896 under the Diocese of Central Florida
- St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale, founded in 1916 under the Diocese of Southeast Florida
Georgia
- St. Paul’s Church, Atlanta, founded in 1880 under the Diocese of Atlanta
- St. Athanasius” Church, Brunswick, founded in 1885 under the Diocese of Georgia
- St. Matthew’s Church, Savannah, founded in 1948 under the Diocese of Georgia
Illinois
- St. Thomas Church, Chicago, founded in 1878 under the Diocese of Chicago
- St. Edmund’s Church, Chicago, founded in 1905 under the Diocese of Chicago
- St. Andrew’s Pentecost Church, Evanston founded in 1919 under the Diocese of Chicago
Indiana
- St. Philip’s Church, Indianapolis, founded in 1913 under the Diocese of Indianapolis
- St. Augustine’s Church, Gary, founded in 1927 under the Diocese of Northern Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
- St. Luke’s Church, New Orleans, founded in 1873 under the Diocese of Louisiana
- St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, Baton Rouge, founded in 1912 under the Diocese of Louisiana (no website available)
Maryland
- St. James’ Church, Baltimore, founded in 1824 under the Diocese of Maryland
- Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Baltimore, founded in 1867 under the Diocese of Maryland
- St. Philip’s Church, Annapolis, founded in 1871 under the Diocese of Maryland
- St. Luke’s Church, Baltimore, founded in 1879 under the Diocese of Maryland (website link doesn’t work)
- Church of St. Katherine of Alexandria, Baltimore, founded in 1891 under the Diocese of Maryland
Massachusetts
- Church of Saint Augustine and Saint Martin, Boston under the Diocese of Massachusetts
- St. John and St. James’ Church, Roxbury under the Diocese of Massachusetts
- St. Bartholomew’s Church, Cambridge under the Diocese of Massachusetts
- St. Cyprian’s Church, Roxbury under the Diocese of Massachusetts
Michigan
- St. Matthew’s and St. Joseph’s Church, Detroit, founded in 1845 under the Diocese of Michigan
- St. Philip’s Church, Grand Rapids, founded in 1911 under the Diocese of Western Michigan
- Church of the Messiah, Detroit, founded in 1874 under the Diocese of Michigan
- St. Cyprian’s Church, Detroit, founded in 1918 under the Diocese of Michigan
- St. Clement’s Church, Inkster, founded in 1936 under the Diocese of Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
- St. Bernard’s, Okolona, unsure when was founded under the Diocese of Mississippi
- St. Mark’s, Jackson, founded in 1883 under the Diocese of Mississippi
Missouri
- St. Augustine’s Church, Kansas City, founded in 1882 under the Diocese of West Missouri
- All Saints Church, St. Louis, founded in 1883 under the Diocese of Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
- St. Augustine’s Church, Camden, founded in 1886 under the Diocese of New Jersey
- St. Augustine’s Church, Atlantic City, founded in 1904 under the Diocese of New Jersey
- Church of the Epiphany, Orange, founded in 1868 under the Diocese of Newark
- Church of the Incarnation, Jersey City, founded in 1910 under the Diocese of Newark
- Trinity Church, Montclair, founded in 1918 under the Diocese of Newark (permanently closed and now merged with Christ Episcopal Church).
New York
- St. Philip’s Church, Harlem, founded in 1809 under the Diocese of New York
- Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, founded in 1835 under the Diocese of Long Island
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Brooklyn, founded in 1852 under the Diocese of Long Island
- All Souls’ Church, Harlem, founded in 1859 under the Diocese of New York (no website available)
- St. Philip’s Church, Buffalo, founded in 1861 under the Diocese of Western New York
- St. Augustine’s Church, Brooklyn, founded in 1875 under the Diocese of Long Island
- St. David’s Church, Bronx, founded in 1895 under the Diocese of New York
- St. Philip’s Church, Brooklyn, founded in 1899 under the Diocese of Long Island
- St. Stephen’s Church, Jamaica, founded in 1903 under the Diocese of Long Island
- Church of the Crucifixion, New York, founded in 1918 under the Diocese of New York
- St. Luke’s Church, Bronx, founded in 1921 under the Diocese of New York
- St. Ambrose’s Church, Harlem, founded in 1925 under the Diocese of New York
North Carolina
- St. Cyprian’s Church, New Bern, founded in 1866 under the Diocese of East Carolina
- St. Ambrose Church, Raleigh, founded in 1868 under the Diocese of North Carolina
- St. Luke’s Church, Tarboro, founded in 1872 under the Diocese of North Carolina
- St. Mark’s Church, Wilmington, founded in 1875 under the Diocese of East Carolina
- St. Michael and All Angels Church, Charlotte, founded in 1882 under the Diocese of North Carolina
- St. Matthias’ Church, Louisburg, founded in 1895 under the Diocese of North Carolina
- St. Matthias’ Church, Asheville, founded in 1896 under the Diocese of Western North Carolina
- St. Titus’s Church, Durham, founded in 1887 under he Diocese of North Carolina
- St. Cyprian’s Church, Oxford, founded in 1906 under the Diocese of North Carolina
Ohio
- St. Andrew’s Church, Cleveland, founded in 1891 under the Diocese of Ohio
- St. Philip’s Church, Columbus, founded in 1891 under the Diocese of Southern Ohio
- St. Andrew’s Church, Cincinnati, founded in 1895 under the Diocese of Southern Ohio
- St. Augustine’s Church, Youngstown, founded in 1907 under the Diocese of Ohio (permanently closed)
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, founded in 1794 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania
- Church of the Crucifixion, Philadelphia, founded in 1847 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania
- St. Mary’s Church, Philadelphia, founded in 1888 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania
- Church of St. Simon the Cyrenian, founded in 1894 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania
- St. Augustine’s Church of the Covenant, Philadelphia, founded in 1902 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania
- Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, founded in 1917 under the Diocese of Pittsburgh
- Church of St. George St. Barnabas’, Philadelphia, formally recognized in 2010 under the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Click here to read their unique history
South Carolina
- Calvary Church, Charleston, founded in 1847 under the Diocese of South Carolina
- Church of the Redeemer, Pineville, was founded in 1874 under the Diocese of South Carolina
- St. Mark’s Church, Charleston, founded in 1865 under the Diocese of South Carolina
- St. Luke’s Church, Columbia, founded in 1874 under the Diocese of Upper South Carolina
- Church of the Epiphany, Spartanburg, founded in 1893 under the Diocese of Upper South Carolina
- St. Philip’s Church, Greenville, founded in 1914 under Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Tennessee
- Holy Trinity Church, Nashville, founded in 1852 under the Diocese of Tennessee
- Emmanuel Church, Memphis, founded in 1883 under the Diocese of West Tennessee
- St. Luke’s Church, Knoxville, founded in 1937 under the Diocese of Tennessee
Texas
- St. Augustine’s of Hippo Church, Galveston, founded in 1884 under the Diocese of Texas
- St. Philip’s Church, San Antonio, founded in 1895 under the Diocese of West Texas
- Church of St. Luke the Evangelist, Houston, founded in 1920 under the Diocese of Texas
- St. James’ Church, Austin, founded in 1941 under the Diocese of Texas
Virginia
- St. Philip’s Church, Richmond, founded in 1861 under the Diocese of Virginia
- St. Stephen’s Church, Petersburg, founded in 1867 under the Diocese of Southern Virginia
- Meade Memorial Church, Alexandria, founded in 1869 under the Diocese of Virginia
- Trinity Church, Arlington, founded in 1870 under the Diocese of Virginia
- Grace Church, Norfolk, founded in 1883 under the Diocese of Southern Virginia
- St. Peter’s Church, Richmond, founded in 1889 and 1937 under the Diocese of Virginia
Washington, D.C.
- St. Mary’s, Washington, D.C., founded in 1865 under the Diocese of Washington
- St. Luke’s, Washington, D.C., founded in 1873 under the Diocese of Washington
- Church of St. Philip the Evangelist, Washington, D.C., founded in 1887 under the Diocese of Washington (no website available)
- St. Monica’s, Washington, D.C., founded in 1899 under the Diocese of Washington
- Calvary Church, Washington, D.C., founded in 1902 under the Diocese of Washington
- Church of the Atonement, Washington, D.C., founded in 1914 under the Diocese of Washington
Source: https://episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/exhibits/show/legacy/african-american-parishes