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A Black church that emerged from Church of the Holy Communion (Maywood, Ill). When the Bishop closed it in 1956, the congrecation was invited to attend Holy Communion again.

Started meeting together in 1868 but did not petition to become a parish until 1877. The church continues in New Lenox, IL until today (2023).

Seventh Episcopal parish in the state of Illinois. Christ Church Joliet and St. John's Church Lockport (670.104) (1838-1856) for a time were considered the same parish and shared the same rector. St. Edward started as a chapel of Christ Church, became it's own parish in 1960 and then in 2004 Christ Church merged with the Church of Saint Edward the Martyr (Joliet, Ill) (670.17) to become Saint Edward and Christ Church (670.88).

Beginning in 1852, some churchmen in Chicago began to plan for a cathedral. Debate over whether to establish such an establishment raged for several years. In 1861, the former Church of Saint Andrew's Parish was enlarged and called the Bishop's Church. From 1862 to the present, the Annual Convention has always been held in the "Bishop's Church" as it was being called. In 1866, the title Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul was officially used by the Bishop. In 1871, the Cathedral was made a permanent institution of the diocese. On March 6, 1921, the building was entirely destroyed by fire.

Attempt to establish a prayer center in the Loop area of Chicago for the benefit of local workers and of visitors to the area