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One of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church's 110 dioceses spanning 16 nations, the Diocese of Los Angeles was established in 1895 by vote of the General Convention of the national church. The diocese's first convention was held in 1896. [2]
The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 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, for a total of 108 dioceses.
Journals of General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States, 1785–1835 at Internet Archive Volume 1: 1785–1821; Volume 2: 1823–1835; and Volume 3: Historical notes and documents
St. John's was founded in 1890. The Los Angeles Times reported on the groundbreaking ceremony in a front-page story: . Quite a large number of interested people assembled on foot and in carriages at the corner of Figueroa and Adams streets, at 4 p.m. yesterday, to witness the laying of the corner-stone of St. John's Episcopal Church.
In May 1889, Captain Harrison represented St. Paul's Mission as a delegate to the Diocesan Convention held at the Church of the Advent in San Francisco, when St. Paul's Mission was admitted into union with the Diocese of California. The Convention Journal contains the first parochial report for the new mission: 12 communicants; 6 baptisms; 16 ...
The diocese was then established on February 5, 1857, when the first diocesan bishop was elected. Fran Toy was the first female cleric to be elected as a deputy to General Convention from the Episcopal Diocese of California in 1988 [1] and was also the first Asian American woman to be ordained in the Episcopal church. [1] [2]
St. Paul's Commons (formerly the Cathedral Center of St. Paul) is the administrative and ministry hub of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.. Its central church is home to the Congregation of St. Athanasius, which dates from 1864 and is the oldest Episcopal church in Southern California, and the oldest continuing Episcopal church in Los Angeles.
Diocesan constitutions do not require the approval of the General Convention. The Episcopal Church is notable among Anglican churches for the extent to which the Constitution and Canons of the General Convention leave matters to regulation at the diocesan and parochial levels. [3]