Christ Episcopal Church, Woodbury, New Jersey

Christ Episcopal Church is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal church in Woodbury, New Jersey. Founded in 1854,[1] the parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and a member of the Anglican Communion.

Christ Episcopal Church
39°50′21.7″N 75°9′17.2″W
Location	Woodbury, New Jersey
Country	United States
Denomination	Episcopal
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	christchurch.woodburynj.org
History
Status	Church
Founder(s)	Rev. W.H. Norris
Dedication	1856
Consecrated	September 17, 1857[1]
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Groundbreaking	July 1855[2]
Completed	1856
Administration
Diocese	New Jersey
Province	Province II
Clergy
Bishop(s)	William H. Stokes

The parish was established by the first Rector, the Reverend William Herbert Norris, at the direction of Bishop George Washington Doane; the church building was finished in 1856 and consecrated September 17, 1857.[1] In 1911, a fire in the undercroft of the church nearly caused the loss of the building; during the fire the women of the church rescued the altar cloth, bible, and Bishop's chair.[2] The Bishop's chair is still used for visiting bishops today.

The adjoining Parish House was renovated in 2018. In addition to serving as the assembly room for coffee hours and parish meetings, in the 1930s and 1940s it also served as the performance space for the Woodbury Sketch Club.[3]

The current rector is The Very Rev. Brian K. Burgess, who is also the current bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, Illinois.