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- ↑ Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Parishes and missions Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ Baptized Members by Province and Diocese 2000-2010 'Churches in Europe, 2010: 3,857' Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine archive.episcopalchurch.org accessed 17 October 2018
- ↑ "Parishes and Missions". Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Declaration of Unity, Witness and Mission" . Church Times . No. AAMBIT 3. 1 July 1988. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 22 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
- ↑ "Retired Oregon Bishop Dies". The Living Church. Vol. 212, no. 12. March 24, 1996. p. 7 – via Archives of the Episcopal Church.
- ↑ "The Rt Rev Mark D.W. Edington". The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
