Alabama's oldest African-American Episcopal congregation was fostered in Trinity Church by the Reverend J. A. Massey. The Right Reverend Nicholas H. Cobbs, D.D., Alabama's first Episcopal Bishop, confirmed seven founding members, free and enslaved men and women, on May 28, 1854: John Bryan, Joshua Davis, Mariah Davis, William Johnson, Hynson Jones, James Scott, and Lucy Trueheart. Services were first held in Love and Charity Hall on Dearborn Street and St. Michael Street, and the first church was built on the north side of St. Michael Street between Cedar Street and Warren Street. In 1884, the congregation moved to 554 State Street. From 1896 to 1912, it was served by its first African-American priest, the Reverend J.J.N. Thompson. In 1930, the Reverend F. H. Threet, a parishioner, became the first African-American priest ordained in the Diocese of Alabama. The current site was dedicated on May 28, 1964, the 110th anniversary, under the leadership of the Reverend John W. B. Thompson.