St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

St. Andrew's is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Nathan Baxter, Bishop

With God's help, the people of Saint Andrew's Church will strive to know and accept God's love in Jesus Christ for people of all sorts and conditions and to witness to God's love in word and action.

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About St. Andrew's

The following is information provided to us by David and Cynthia Myers about Fr. Sergio's parish in Campanis.

Companion Parishes

St Andrew's has two Companion Parishes, St John's in Bellefonte, and our Companion Parish Santo Andre in Campinas Brazil led by Fr. Sergio Pacheco.

For information on St. John's please refer to the Links section of this website to view their website, or pay a visit to the parish in Bellefonte.

Roger Bird Consecrated as Bishop of São Paulo

Last spring the Very Reverend Roger Bird, Dean of the Cathedral of the city of São Paulo was elected the new Bishop of the diocese of São Paulo, Brazil. In early September, Bishop and Mrs. Baxter and a delegation from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, including Dean Churchill Pinder, the Rev. Patrick Collins and several vestry members, traveled to São Paulo for Dean Bird’s consecration, and attended the installation of the new Dean of the Cathedral of São Paulo.

In 2005, Dean Bird visited our Diocesan Convention. Dean Bird’s heritage is British, and he invited Bishop Baxter to preach at his consecration. The result was a tri-lingual event, with the sermon in English, portions of the Service in Japanese in recognition of the heritage of the retiring Bishop Hiroshi Ito, and the remainder in Portuguese, the language spoken by the majority of the parishioners in the diocese of São Paulo.

Bird Consecration