St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal Church church located in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. The church is a part of the Diocese of the Susquehanna. The parish reported 226 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $273,270 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 103.
History St. Gabriel's was founded in 1720 as a Swedish Lutheran church. In 1760 the church joined the Church of England. The oldest structure is known as Saint Gabriel's 1801 Chapel. It was built in 1801, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, brownstone building. It features a herringbone design in the stone construction. The interior was restored in 1959. () It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The larger structure was consecrated in 1884. An addition was made in 1959 that contains administrative offices and classrooms. The interior of the 1884 church was remodeled in 2003. In 2005, the existing 1959 portion of the building was remodeled and expanded to include more classrooms and a large parish hall.
The historic cemetery has veterans from American wars, starting with the Revolutionary War (25 veterans) and ending with the Persian Gulf War (one veteran). The one exception is the Spanish-American War.
List of Clergy
Andreas Rudman, 1701-1707 Andrew Sandel, 1708-1719 Samuel Hesselius, 1720-1723 Assistant Pastors of Wicaco, 1723-1734 Gabriel Falck, 1735-1745 Henry M. Muhlenberg, 1748-1752 John Abraham Lidenius, 1752-1755 Henry M. Muhlenberg, 1755-1761 Alexander Murray, 1762–1778, 1790-1793 (During the Revolutionary War period. Reverend Murray returned to England. The Parish was cut off from the Church of England so there were no stated public ministrations.) John Wade, 1795-1797 Caleb Hopkins, 1798-1801 John Armstrong, 1801-1805 Caleb Hopkins, 1805-1806 Levi Bull, 1806-1825 Caleb J. Good, 1826-1827 George Mintzer, 1828-1836 William Homman, 1837-1838 Henry F. M. Whitesides, 1839 Oliver A. Shaw, 1840 George Burker, 1840-1842 Edmund Leaf, 1844-1868 Jeremiah Karcher, 1869-1871 Edmund Leaf, 1872-1876 John Long, 1877-1886 Edward J. Koons, 1886-1888 William DuHamel, 1889-1892 Samuel McElwee, 1892-1906 William R. Holloway, 1907-1912 A. S. H. Winsor, 1912-1914 William DuHamel, 1915-1928 Arthur B. Vossler, 1928-1934 Daniel C. Osborne, 1935-1938 Irving Angell McGrew, 1939-1942 Thomas B. Smythe, 1943-1959 Woodworth B. Allen, Jr., 1959-1962 Lloyd I. Wolf, 1962-1965 Kenneth T. Cosbey, 1966-1987 Calvin C. Adams, 1987-2010 David Green, 2013-2018 Andrew D. VanBuren, 2019–present
References
External links St. Gabriel's Official Website