continental United States. Brith Sholom Beth
Israel is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the South, founded by Ashkenazi
German and Central European Jews in the mid-19th century. The city's oldest
Roman Catholic parish, Saint Mary of the Annunciation Roman Catholic Church, is
the mother church of Roman Catholicism to North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia. In 1820, Charleston became the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Charleston, which at the time comprised the Carolinas and Georgia and
presently encompasses the state of South Carolina. The Cathedral of St Luke and
St Paul is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
