St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is an historic church located at 628 Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. The church (the congregation's third since its founding in 1742) is an English Gothic Revival structure, built in 1891 to a design by William Potter. It has buttressed stone construction, with a compound-arch entry and a large rose stained-glass window. The associated parish house, also a Gothic Victorian structure, was designed by Richard M. Upjohn and built in 1869–72.
The church reported 986 members in 2020 and 177 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $1,001,600 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 89. This was a relative decrease from ASA of 112 persons reported in 2016.
Rectors The first rector of St. John's Church was installed in 1748, and the following individuals have served as rector of the parish.
Ebeneezer Dibblee, 1748–1799 Jonathan Judd, 1812–1822 Ambrose Seymour Todd, 1823–1861 Walter Mitchell, 1861–1866 William Tatlock, 1866–1896 Charles Morris Addison, 1897–1919 Gerald A. Cunningham, 1920–1942 Stanley F. Hemsley, 1942–1974 Douglas E. Theuner, 1974–1986 Leander Harding, 1989–2005 James R. Wheeler, 2007–2019 Andrew A. Kryzak, 2022-
See also St. Luke's Chapel National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut
References
External links
Church website