The Episcopal Church | |
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Abbreviation | TEC, PECUSA |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Anglican |
Scripture | Holy Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine (with various theological and doctrinal identities, including Anglo-Catholic, Liberal and Evangelical) |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Unitary (General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America) |
Presiding bishop | Sean W. Rowe |
President of the House of Deputies | Julia Ayala Harris |
Chief of Mission | Rev. Lester V. Mackenzie |
Distinct fellowships | Anglican Communion |
Provinces | 9 |
Dioceses | 106 |
Parishes | 6,789 (2022)[2] |
Associations | Anglican Communion National Council of Churches World Council of Churches Christian Churches Together in the USA |
Full communion | Church of Sweden[3] Union of Utrecht Philippine Independent Church Mar Thoma Syrian Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Northern and Southern Provinces of the Moravian Church in America Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria |
Region | United States Further dioceses in Cuba Haiti Taiwan Latin America and the Caribbean Europe |
Language | English (main communications), Spanish, and French (both metropolitan and Canadian) as major spoken languages but parishes are open to use the language they please. |
Liturgy | 1979 Book of Common Prayer |
Headquarters | 815 Second Avenue New York, New York United States |
Origin | 1785; 239 years ago (1785) |
Branched from | Church of England |
Absorbed | Church of Hawaii (1890s) |
Separations |
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Members | 1,584,785 active members (2022)[4] 1,432,082 active baptized members in the U.S. (2022)[5] |
Other name(s) | The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, La Iglesia Episcopal, La Iglesia Episcopal Protestante de los Estados Unidos de América, L'Église épiscopale, L'Église protestante épiscopale des États-Unis d'Amérique |
Official website | www |
The Archives of the Episcopal Church |
www.episcopalarchives.org |
Constitution and Canons |
The Episcopal Church | |
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Abbreviation | TEC, PECUSA |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Anglican |
Scripture | Holy Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine (with various theological and doctrinal identities, including Anglo-Catholic, Liberal and Evangelical) |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Unitary (General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America) |
Presiding bishop | Sean W. Rowe |
President of the House of Deputies | Julia Ayala Harris |
Chief of Mission | Rev. Lester V. Mackenzie |
Distinct fellowships | Anglican Communion |
Provinces | 9 |
Dioceses | 106 |
Parishes | 6,789 (2022)[2] |
Associations | Anglican Communion National Council of Churches World Council of Churches Christian Churches Together in the USA |
Full communion | Church of Sweden[3] Union of Utrecht Philippine Independent Church Mar Thoma Syrian Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Northern and Southern Provinces of the Moravian Church in America Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria |
Region | United States Further dioceses in Cuba Haiti Taiwan Latin America and the Caribbean Europe |
Language | English (main communications), Spanish, and French (both metropolitan and Canadian) as major spoken languages but parishes are open to use the language they please. |
Liturgy | 1979 Book of Common Prayer |
Headquarters | 815 Second Avenue New York, New York United States |
Origin | 1785; 239 years ago (1785) |
Branched from | Church of England |
Absorbed | Church of Hawaii (1890s) |
Separations |
|
Members | 1,584,785 active members (2022)[4] 1,432,082 active baptized members in the U.S. (2022)[5] |
Other name(s) | The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, La Iglesia Episcopal, La Iglesia Episcopal Protestante de los Estados Unidos de América, L'Église épiscopale, L'Église protestante épiscopale des États-Unis d'Amérique |
Official website | www |
The Archives of the Episcopal Church |
www.episcopalarchives.org |
Constitution and Canons |