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The cornerstone of the building was laid on 3 June 1863. As early as 1836, however, German church records indicate that British subjects taking the waters at the international spa of Wiesbaden had been holding English-speaking services of their own. At the time of construction, the church was not
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and the resulting decline in the presence of American troops in Germany has led to an increasingly civilian and multi-national character in the parish since 1990. The congregation and leadership such as the vestry have no majority nationality. The three largest groups are citizens of the United
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In 2003, the parish called its first woman as rector, the Rev. Martha L. Hubbard, who served until 2007. Following a three-year interim period with the Rev. Mary Ellen Dolan, the Rev. Anthony Litwinski was called in September 2010 for a rectorship which lasted just over three years.
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On 24 January 2014, the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe announced it would end services in the church and "return" the building to its owner, the Bishop of London. In March 2014, the Bishop-in-Charge of the Convocation,
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On 23 January 1966, a major fire, caused by a malfunction of the heating system, gutted the building. The church was restored through donations from the congregation and insurance proceeds. The new church
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States, Germany and subjects of the British crown, but also include Canadian and Australian subjects as well as South African, Italian or Nigerian citizens.
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as bishop-in-charge of the congregations in Europe; Browning attended worship at St Augustine's and lived in Wiesbaden at that time, before becoming
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used the building as a military chapel until the current facility at Heinerberg was constructed in 1955. Then the property was deeded to the
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since this point in time, had Americans serving as clergy, and by the 1990s came fully under the jurisdiction of the
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style by city engineer Theodor Goetz. The church remains historically, socially, and architecturally significant.
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Because a large portion of the congregation continued to be made up of members of the US military and civilian
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had held in trust for the no longer extant congregation, was expropriated by the state. After the end of the
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Wiesbadener Kurier 18. September 2014, p. 13, "Die Chancen sind wieder gestiegen"
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employees and their dependents, the church began to take on an increasingly
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Sunday morning worship services are held at 10 a.m., and are usually
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incorporated as a legal entity, so the property was held in trust by the
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Among the early church leaders were Christopher Benson, brother of
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and his wife, Sybil, were communicants at St Augustine's.
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