The New Castle Presbytery is a presbytery of the

Presbyterian Church (USA) The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PCUSA, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination, denomination in the Religion in the United States, United States. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States too. Its th ...

. Its geographic area is the entire state of

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and the

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. In 2022, it reported 49 congregations, 108 ministers, and 5,736 members. The Presbytery was formed in 1717 after the division of the Presbytery of Philadelphia into three presbyteries, which were subordinate to the newly formed Synod of Philadelphia.

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*New Castle Presbyter
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