The Episcopal Church | |
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Abbreviation | TEC or PECUSA |
Classification | Mainline Protestant (with various theological and doctrinal identities, including Anglo-Catholic, Liberal and Evangelical) |
Orientation | Anglican |
Scripture | Holy Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Unitary (General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America) |
Presiding bishop | Michael Curry |
Distinct fellowships | Anglican Communion |
Provinces | 9 |
Dioceses | 112 |
Parishes | 7,098 (2019) |
Associations | Anglican Communion National Council of Churches World Council of Churches Christian Churches Together in the USA |
Full communion | Church of Sweden[2] 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 |
Region | United States Further dioceses in Cuba Haiti Micronesia Taiwan Latin America and the Caribbean Europe |
Language | English, with Spanish, French |
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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Congregations | 7,098 |
Members | 1,584,785 active members (2022)[3] 1,432,082 active baptized members in the U.S. (2022)[4] |
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 or PECUSA |
Classification | Mainline Protestant (with various theological and doctrinal identities, including Anglo-Catholic, Liberal and Evangelical) |
Orientation | Anglican |
Scripture | Holy Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Unitary (General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America) |
Presiding bishop | Michael Curry |
Distinct fellowships | Anglican Communion |
Provinces | 9 |
Dioceses | 112 |
Parishes | 7,098 (2019) |
Associations | Anglican Communion National Council of Churches World Council of Churches Christian Churches Together in the USA |
Full communion | Church of Sweden[2] 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 |
Region | United States Further dioceses in Cuba Haiti Micronesia Taiwan Latin America and the Caribbean Europe |
Language | English, with Spanish, French |
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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Congregations | 7,098 |
Members | 1,584,785 active members (2022)[3] 1,432,082 active baptized members in the U.S. (2022)[4] |
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 |