Article by Loreal Monroe


Episcopalian History

The Episcopal Church has quite a history here in New England. Though Roger Williams is commonly believed to have first established the state of Rhode Island, it is believed that one William Blackstone, also from Massachusetts, was driven out first and established the Episcopalian Church a few months before Williams was ever expelled from the colony.

Churches sprung up throughout the state in the years following Blackstone's death in 1675. The first was Trinity Church of Newport (1698), followed by St. Paul's in Narragansett County (1701), St. Michael's in Bristol (1719), and King's Church in Providence (1770).

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