Christ Church (Savannah, Georgia)

Christ Church
Christ Church Episcopal
Christ Church Savannah
The church in 2016
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32°4′46.3″N 81°5′26.8″W / 32.079528°N 81.090778°W / 32.079528; -81.090778
Location28 Bull Street
Savannah, Georgia
CountryUnited States
DenominationEpiscopal Church
Previous denominationProtestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
Websitechristchurchsavannah.org
History
FoundedFebruary 12, 1733
ConsecratedJuly 7, 1750 (first building)
April 26, 1815 (second building)
1840 (current building)
Architecture
Architect(s)James Hamilton Couper (current building)
Groundbreaking1744 (first building)
1801 (second building)
February 26, 1838 (current building)
Completed1750 (first building)
1806 (second building)
1838 (current building)
Demolished1796 (first building)
1838 (second building)
Administration
ProvinceProvince IV
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of Georgia
Clergy
Bishop(s)The Rt. Rev. Frank S. Logue
RectorThe Rev. Michael S. White
Christ Church Episcopal
Part ofSavannah Historic District (ID66000277)
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1966

Christ Church is an Episcopal church at 28 Bull Street, Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia. Founded in 1733, it was the first church established in the Province of Georgia and one of the first parishes within the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, earning it the nickname "the Mother Church of Georgia". The present church building was constructed in 1838 and is located in the Savannah Historic District.