1974 until moving to New York City in 2017. Many of the diocese's clergy are alumni of EDS. List of Bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts The diocesan offices are located at 138 Tremont Street, adjacent to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. The diocese had 87,000 members in 2013 and had fallen to 82,450 by 2014. Diocesan Bishops Edward Bass (1797-1803) Samuel Parker (1804) Alexander Viets Griswold (1811-1843) Manton Eastburn (1843-1872) Benjamin Henry Paddock (1873-1891) Phillips Brooks (1891-1893) William Lawrence (1893-1927) Charles Lewis Slattery (1927-1930) Henry Knox Sherrill (1930-1947) Norman Burdett Nash (1947-1956) Anson Phelps Stokes (1956-1970) John Burgess (1970-1975) John Bowen Coburn (1976-1986) David Johnson (1986-1995) M. Thomas Shaw (1995-2014) Alan McIntosh Gates (2014–present) Suffragan Bishops Samuel G. Babcock (1913-1938) Raymond A. Heron (1938-1954) Frederic C. Lawrence (1956-1968) John M. Burgess (1962-1969) Morris F. Arnold (1972-1982) Barbara C. Harris (1989-2003) Roy F. Cederholm Jr. (2001-2011) Gayle E. Harris (2003–present) References External links Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts - official website Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Massachusetts Diocese of Massachusetts Anglican dioceses established in the 18th century Massachusetts Province 1 of the Episcopal Church (United States) Religious organizations established in 1784