WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Hello Danvers and Peabody Friends: As we move forward and think about the blessings of a merger, I thought this might serve as food for thought. Sing out if you have suggestions for a new, blended entity that we can all call our spiritual home:
A List of the Most Common
Names for Episcopal Churches
Compiled by Fr. Chris Yaw, Associate Rector,
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Battle Creek, Michigan with help from www.theredbook.org
Compiled by Fr. Chris Yaw, Associate Rector,
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Battle Creek, Michigan with help from www.theredbook.org
What follows is an unscientific
accounting of the 121 most common words found in the names of Episcopal
parishes. There are approximately 7,500 Episcopal churches. Many parishes have
more than one name in their title, such as Trinity and St. Philip or St. John
the Divine. In cases such as the former, this counts as two designations, one
for Trinity and one for St. Philip. In the latter case, the Divine is simply
dropped and this parish is counted as St. John. In the case of the word Christ
this includes parishes named Christ Church and Christ Episcopal Church etc.
Please note multiple listings for similar words, ie. Our Saviour and Our
Savior, also St. Ann and St. Anne. Please feel free to contact me with any
corrections or questions at chris@stthomasbc.org.
Ranking /Parish
Name
Number of Parishes
1. Christ
527
2. St.
John
524
3. Trinity
520
4. St.
Paul
488
5. St.
Andrew
311
6. Grace
281
7. St.
James
276
8. St.
Luke
261
9. St.
Mark
244
10. All
Saints
237
11. St.
Peter
210
12. St.
Mary
206
13. St. Stephen
173
14. Good
Shepherd
170
15. St.
Thomas
149
16. Chapel
146
17. St.
Michael
128
18. St.
Matthew
123
19. St.
George
101
20. St.
Francis
95
21. St.
Alban
92
22. Ascension
91
23. Epiphany
91
24. Emmanuel
89
25. St.
Philip
85
26. St.
Barnabas
77
27. Calvary
75
28. Cross
71
29. Redeemer
70
30. St.
Martin
68
31. Memorial
66
32. St.
David
66
33. St.
Timothy
66
34. St.
Christopher
64
35. St.
Ann
63
36. Holy Spirit
60
37. St.
Augustine
55
38. Nativity
54
39. All
Angels
50
40. Resurrection
48
41. Our
Saviour
45
42. St.
Anne
43
43. Advent
42
44. St.
Bartholomew
41
45. Transfiguration
40
46. Matthias
35
47. St.
Margaret
33
48. St.
Joseph
32
49. St.
Elizabeth
31
50. Christ the
King
31
51. Incarnation
30
52. St.
Patrick
30
53. Messiah
28
54. Apostles
27
55. Holy
Comforter
25
56. St.
Jude
22
57. Holy
Family
22
58. St.
Dunstan
21
59. Zion
21
60. Holy
Innocent
20
61. St.
Aidan
20
62. St.
Nicholas
20
63. Holy Communion
20
64. All
Souls
19
65. St.
Simon
19
66. Samaritan
18
67. St.
Columba
16
68. St.
Gabriel
16
69. Atonement
`
15
70. Faith
14
71. San
Juan
13
72. St.
Bede
13
73. St.
Cyprian
13
74. St.
Agnes
12
75. Immanuel
12
76. Annunciation
11
77. Peace
11
78. Jesus
11
79. St.
Edward
11
80. St.
Gregory
10
81. Mediator
10
82. St. Ambrose
9
83. St.
Clare
9
84. Our
Savior
9
85. St.
Martha
8
86. St. Anselm
8
87. St. Mary
Magdalene
8
88. Santa
Maria
8
89. St.
Boniface
7
90. Hope
6
91. Jerusalem
6
92. St.
Catherine
6
93. St.
Helen(a)
6
94. St.
Monica
6
95. St.
Benedict
6
96. St.
Edmund
6
97. Intercession
5
98. St.
Cuthbert
5
99. St.
Charles
5
100. St.
Richard
5
101. Reconciliation
4
102. San
Jose
4
103. St.
Phillip
4
104. St.
Bernard
4
105. St.
Hilda
4
106. St.
Simeon
4
107. Bethany
3
108. Falls
3
109. Lord
3
110. St.
Chad
3
111. St.
Hilary
3
112. St.
Katherine
3
113. Asaph
2
114. Blessed
Sacrament
2
115. Creator
2
116. Crucifixion
2
117. Holy
Name
2
118. Love
(Beloved)
2
119. St.
Ignatius
2
120. St.
Teresa
2
121. St.
Theodore
2
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