The Diocese as established by the Sixty-seventh Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina, in May, 1883, at Charlotte, embracing all that portion of the territory of the State of North Carolina which includes the counties of Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Greene, Wayne, Sampson, Cumberland, and Robeson, and all the counties lying between these counties and the Atlantic Ocean, shall be known as the Diocese of East Carolina.-- Article 1 of the Constitution of the Diocese of East Carolina.

Through worship, servant ministries and Christian fellowship, our 75 congregations seek to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to every person in eastern North Carolina. Our bishop, the Right Reverend Clifton Daniel, 3rd, who was consecrated in 1996.