The Diocese has 66 year-round congregations and 20 summer chapels. The see city is Portland. Its cathedral is located at St. Luke's Cathedral. The Diocesan bishop since September 2008 has been the Right Reverend Stephen T. Lane. The Diocese of Maine was created in 1820 from the Eastern Diocese (which included all of New England save Connecticut) and elected its first Bishop the Right Reverend George Burgess in 1847.