Diocese

The Diocese of Southwark was awarded £217,000 from the Church of England’s Buildings for Mission scheme to hire a church buildings fundraising officer and give parishes repair grants of typically £5,000 to £10,000.

A Rhode Island nonprofit bought the closed St Patrick Church in Cumberland for $625,000 from the Diocese of Providence and plans 44 affordable apartments inside the church, in townhouses and in a new building.

The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is selling its Mulberry Street headquarters to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for $3.85 million and moving into St Peter’s, a closed church it already owns in Livingston.

As the Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory sold St Mary’s Hostel in Alice Springs, Stolen Generations survivors asked for the chapel, a memorial and 10 per cent of the proceeds.

An Indigenous group occupied a retreat house owned by Argentina’s Diocese of San Isidro near Bariloche and refused a court order to leave, as the church asked for a delayed and peaceful eviction.

The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago decided to sell its five-storey headquarters near the Magnificent Mile, saying an underused office on prime land was poor stewardship, with a meaningful portion of proceeds going to affordable housing.

The Diocese of Truro’s proposal for three market homes on church land in Camelford drew mixed reactions in 2019, with the mayor disappointed at the lack of social housing and a councillor worried about access onto the A39.

A year after Ecuador’s 2016 earthquake, the Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador Litoral had supported four damaged churches, helped rebuild 10 houses and set up a solidarity loan programme for families.

The Episcopal Diocese of Rochester sold Diocesan House, a 1913 mansion on East Avenue that had been its headquarters since 1954, for about $1.2 million, invested the proceeds and moved into rented space at a parish church.