Artemio Masweng Zabala (born 31 March 1935) is a retired Filipino Episcopalian bishop. He was the first Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, from 1989 to 1992. He was succeeded by Joel Pachao. Zabala serves currently as retired bishop in residence in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
Zabala was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Central Philippines in February 1989. He resigned in 1992 to be the Church's missionary to the Diocese of Los Angeles, and was replaced by Joel A. Pachao in 1993. [1]
The Philippine Independent Church is an independent Christian denomination in the form similar to that of a national church in the Philippines. Its schism from the Catholic Church was proclaimed in 1902 by members of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina, due to the mistreatment of the Filipinos by Spanish priests and the executions of José Rizal and Filipino priests Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora during Spanish colonial rule.
Trinity School for Ministry (TSM), formerly known as Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, is an Anglican seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is generally associated with low church, evangelical Anglicanism.
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Francis Eric Irving Bloy served as the third Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles from April 21, 1948, until December 31, 1973.
Oscar Azarcón Solís is a Philippine-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and current Bishop of Salt Lake City. Following a 20-month sede vacante, Solís was appointed by Pope Francis on January 10, 2017, and installed on March 7, 2017, after Solís' predecessor, John C. Wester, was appointed as Archbishop of Santa Fe. He was formerly an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Solís is the first Filipino-American to be consecrated a bishop and the first Asian American to lead a diocese.
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines is a province of the Anglican Communion comprising the country of the Philippines. It was established by the Episcopal Church of the United States in 1901 by American missionaries led by Charles Henry Brent, who served as the first resident bishop, when the Philippines was opened to Protestant American missionaries. It became an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion on May 1, 1990.
David Standish Ball was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1984 to 1998.
The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande is the Episcopal Church's diocese in New Mexico and southwest Texas, the portion of the state west of the Pecos River, including the counties of El Paso, Reeves, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Brewster, Presidio, Terrell, Hudspeth and Pecos. The total area of the diocese is 153,394 square miles (397,290 km2). According to the 2006 parochial report, there are 57 active congregations within the diocese. The see is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Church of St. John.
The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over San Diego County, Imperial County and part of Riverside County in California plus all of Yuma County in Arizona. It is in Province 8 and encompasses some 50 congregations. It was created in 1973 by splitting off from the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Its cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral, is in San Diego. The diocesan offices are located in Ocean Beach at 2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., San Diego, CA 92107.
Carl Christopher Epting is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served the Diocese of Iowa as coadjutor bishop and diocesan bishop from 1988 to 2001, and as the Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations for the Episcopal Church from 2001 to 2009. He then served as the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago from November 2011 through December 2015 before retiring. Since 2021 Bishop Epting and wife Susanne have resided in Englewood, Colorado.
Walter Cameron Righter was a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served the Diocese of Iowa from 1972 to 1988. He then served as assistant bishop for the Diocese of Newark from 1989 to 1991.
Robert Marshall Anderson was the Seventh Bishop of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church.
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Renato Mag-Gay Abibico is a retired Filipino Episcopal bishop. He served as Bishop of Northern Luzon and was the Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines from his enthronement on 20 November 2014 to his retirement in October 2017. He is married and a father of five children.
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Joel Atiwag Pachao is a retired Filipino Episcopalian bishop. He is married to Precilla, with two adult children. He was elected Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines on 16 May 2017.
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