ðɪ ᵻpˈɪskɑːpəl dɪoʊsˈiːz ʌv mˌæsɐtʃˈuːsɪts ɪz wˈʌn ʌvðə nˈaɪn ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl dɪoʊsˈiːzᵻz ʌvðɪ ᵻpˈɪskɑːpəl tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts, əfˈɪʃəli ˈɔːɹɡɐnˌaɪzd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ, fˈaɪv jˈɪɹz bᵻfˌoːɹ ðɪ ᵻpˈɪskɑːpəl tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪtsˈɛlf, ɪts fˈɜːst bˈɪʃəp wʌz kˈɑːnsɪkɹˌeɪɾᵻd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən.
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States, officially organised in 1784, five years before the Episcopal Church itself, its first bishop was consecrated in 1797.