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St. Peters of Bon Secour Episcopal Church
 St. Peter's Church began in 1878 when three women in
the community organized the congregation. They were
Mrs. Theresa Margaret Miller, Mrs. Mary Ann Witt and
Mrs. Dena Billie. The congregation first met
in the homes of the members of the church who lived
on both
sides of Bon Secour River.
In
1885, a frame church was built. Clergy came to the church
from Mobile by sailing a vessel to conduct services. Local
laymen were licensed so that services could be held
when ordained ministers were not available.
The
wind-powered vessels operated on no set schedule
so a system of signals was devised. If a priest arrived
by day, a flag was flown from a staff in the church yard;
if by night, a lantern was hung in the belfry. Church
members came to services by "pulling" a skiff or
by walking across marsh on planks.
For
thirty-three years a school operated by the church met
the educational needs of the community.
Then
in 1928 the church burned to the ground. Photographs
of the original building are prominently placed in
the Parish
Hall today.
The
present brick church was constructed in 1931. The Parish
Hall was added in 1962, the rectory -- a mile south of
the church -- was built in 1967, and the Sunday School
Building was erected in 1974. The Youth Building
was completed in 1982.
St.
Peter's Church became a Parish at the Annual Convention
of
the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast in 1982. Ten
years later in 1992, the church called its first
full-time priest.
St Peter's Decorated for Alma & Allen's
Wedding
CLERGY WHO HAVE
SERVED ST. PETER'S CHURCH
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BISHOPS:
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| The Rt. Rev. Richard H. Wilmer |
1862 - 1900 |
| The Rt. Rev. Henry M. Jackson |
1891 - 1900 |
| The Rt. Rev. Robert W. Barnwell |
1900 - 1902 |
| The Rt. Rev. Charles M. Beckwith |
1902 - 1928 |
| The Rt. Rev. William G. McDowell |
1920 - 1938 |
| The Rt. Rev. Charles C. J. Carpenter |
1938 - 1968 |
| The Rt. Rev. Randolph R. Clairborne, Jr. |
1949 - 1953 |
| The Rt. Rev. George M. Murray |
1953 - 1981 |
| The Rt. Rev. Charles F. Duvall |
1981 - 2001 |
| The Rt. Rev. Phillip M. Duncan II |
2001 - present |
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PRIESTS AND DEACONS:
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| The Rev. Asa J. Roberts |
1878 - 1882 |
| The Rev. J. S. Johnston |
1882 - 1884 |
| The Rev. W. W. Kimball |
1884 - 1887 |
| The Rev. O. R. Browne |
1887 - 1889 |
| The Rev. Percy Jones |
1889 - 1891 |
| The Rev. James M. Benedict |
1892 - 1894 |
| The Rev. Louis Tucker |
1895 - 1897 |
| The Rev. Gardner O. Tucker |
1897 - 1898 |
| The Rev. Gardner L. Tucker |
1897 - 1901 |
| The Rev. Howard R. Walker |
1902 - 1917 |
| The Rev. James F. Plummer |
1919 - 1929 |
| The Rev. Joseph Fulford |
1929 - 1930 |
| The Rev. Richard Brown |
1930 - 1931 |
| The Rev. William A. Thompson |
1931 - 1934 |
| The Rev. Thomas D. Byrne |
1935 - 1937 |
| The Rev. Robb White, Jr. |
1938 |
| The Rev. Clyde L. Jardine |
1939 - 1941 |
| The Rev. Joseph D. C. Wilson |
1943 - 1957 |
| The Rev. Joseph R. Horn III |
1946 - 1947 |
| The Rev. William J. Howes |
1958 - 1959 |
| The Rev. F. Stanford Persons |
1959 - 1967 |
| The Rev. John R. Gilchrist |
1967 - 1968 |
| The Rev. Richard H. Cobbs |
1969 - 1971 |
| The Rev. F. Stanford Persons |
1971 - |
| The Rev. Clement C. Lawson |
1976 - 1989 |
| The Rev. C. Gregory Hein |
1992 - 1996 |
| The Rev. C. Scott James |
1996 - |
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