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The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 108 dioceses: 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.
The Rt. Rev. Larry Lee Shaver was transferred to the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC), Diocese of the Midwest, by Letters Dimissory dated October 5, 2022. On July 22, 2021, upon consent and ratification by the Provincial Synod, the Diocese of Mid-America and the Diocese of the West joined to form the Diocese of the Central and Western States.
The diocese does not ordain women to the presbyterate, [3] but does have eight female deacons. [8] As of 2006 it was one of only three dioceses in the Episcopal Church that did not ordain women to the priesthood; the other two were the Diocese of San Joaquin, whose convention voted to secede from the Episcopal Church in December 2007, and the Diocese of Fort Worth, whose convention voted in ...
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Deon Kevin Johnson is the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. He was elected on November 23, 2019, and was consecrated and installed on June 13, 2020. His ordination and consecration was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, but the coronavirus forced a postponement of the event. He succeeded Wayne Smith as Bishop of Missouri.
The United Episcopal Church of North America (UECNA) is a church in the Anglican tradition and is part of the Continuing Anglican movement. It is not part of the Anglican Communion . The UECNA describes itself as "embracing the broad base of ceremonial practice inherent in the Historic Anglican Communion" [ 1 ] although historically the UECNA ...
The Episcopal Church (TEC), officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), [5] is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Sean W. Rowe. [6]
link at Resources page, under “Constitution and Canons of the Diocese” Southern Virginia: Virginia link at Governance page, under “Constitution & Canons” Southwest Florida: Florida link at Constitution and Canons of the Church page, under “Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida” Southwestern Virginia ...