Diocese in Europe | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Eastern, France, Germany and Northern Europe, Gibraltar, Italy and Malta, Northwest Europe, Switzerland |
Statistics | |
Churches | 295 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar |
Co-cathedral | St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Brussels |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Robert Innes |
Suffragan | Suffragan Bishop in Europe (vacant; bishop-designate: Andrew Norman) |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese in Europe Archdeaconries are colour-coded:
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Website | |
europe.anglican.org |
The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe, known simply as the Diocese in Europe (DiE), is a diocese of the Church of England. It was originally formed in 1842 as the Diocese of Gibraltar. It is geographically the largest diocese of the Church of England and the largest diocese in the Anglican Communion, covering some one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. Its jurisdiction includes all of Europe (excluding the British Isles), Morocco, Mongolia and the territory of the former Soviet Union.
The diocese is attached to the Church of England Province of Canterbury and is headed by the Bishop in Europe, who is assisted by the Suffragan Bishop in Europe. The present bishop, Robert Innes, was commissioned and consecrated on 20 July 2014, [1] and the suffragan bishopric is currently vacant pending the consecration of Andrew Norman in 2025. [2]
The see cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar and there are two pro-cathedrals, St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, and the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Brussels, Belgium. The diocese is divided into seven archdeaconries.
Church of England churches and congregations were established in Continental European countries before the Reformation. In 1633, overseas churches of the Church of England were placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. [3] In 1824, the British Foreign Secretary, George Canning, appointed Matthew Luscombe chaplain to the British embassy in Paris and to supervise all Church of England clergy on the continent. Unable to secure the support of the English bishops, Luscombe was consecrated a missionary bishop (i.e. without a See) by the Scottish bishops in 1825, and functioned as a sort of proto-Bishop of Fulham. [4]
The Diocese of Gibraltar was created on 29 September 1842 and at that time covered all Anglican chaplaincies from Portugal to the Caspian Sea. [5] [6] In 1842 (shortly after the See was established), its jurisdiction was described as "Gibraltar, and the Congregations of the Church of England in the Islands and on the Coasts of the Mediterranean"; [7] a map from the same year shows churches at Lisbon, Oporto, Gibraltar, Malaga, Marseille, Nice, Tunis, Lucca, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Palermo, Trieste, Valetta (sic), Messina, Naples, Corfu, Zante, Athens, Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople. [8] From 1926, Church of England parishes in northern Europe became part of the Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe, under the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of London, delegated to the Suffragan Bishop of Fulham. [9]
In 1970, John Satterthwaite was appointed as both Bishop of Fulham and Bishop of Gibraltar, and on 30 June 1980, the Gibraltar Diocese was officially amalgamated with the Jurisdiction of North and Central Europe. The new united diocese was renamed as the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe and brought under the authority of the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe. [10] [11] It has since become commonly known as the Diocese in Europe. [9]
The diocese is led by the diocesan Bishop in Europe, Robert Innes, and the Suffragan Bishop in Europe (vacant). Norman Banks, Bishop of Richborough, provides alternative episcopal oversight for those chaplaincies which reject the priestly and episcopal ministry of women and of men who have ordained women.
The diocese also licences many honorary assistant bishops to fulfil some episcopal duties across the European diocese. Several of these are the current bishops of other churches in Europe in communion with the Church of England:
The rest are retired Anglican bishops resident in England. The following are licensed as of April 2020 [update] according to the official diocesan website: [17]
Additionally, there were several more honorary assistant bishops listed Crockford's Clerical Directory as of March 2014 [update] : [23]
The diocese currently has 131 clergy occupying stipendiary or full-time posts. However, not every member of the clergy receives a stipend in the same way as clergy in the United Kingdom. Many ministers are entirely supported by their own congregation.
Last fully updated 19 September 2018.
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
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Brittany |
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| [25] | |
Coutances (Christ Church in the Manche) |
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| [26] | |
Dunkerque Mission to Seafarers |
| Archived 17 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
| [27] |
Lille (Christ Church) |
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| [28] | |
Dinard (St Bartholomew) |
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| [29] | |
Chantilly (St Peter) |
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| [30] | |
Paris (St George) |
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| [31] | |
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Paris (St Michael) |
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| [32] | |
Maisons-Laffitte (Holy Trinity) |
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| [33] | |
Versailles with Chevry |
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| [34] | |
Fontainebleau |
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| [35] | |
(Val de Loire) |
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Touraine |
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Vendée All Saints (Puy-de-Serre, La Chapelle-Achard, & La Chapelle-Palluau) |
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| [36] | |
Poitou-Charentes (Christ the Good Shepherd) with Ambernac, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Chef-Boutonne, Civray, Jarnac, La Rochefoucauld, Magné, Parthenay, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Verteuil-sur-Charente and Villejésus) |
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| [37] | |
Strasbourg |
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| [38] | |
Aquitaine (Bordeaux, Chancelade, Cognac, Limeuil, Monteton, & Tocane-Saint-Apre) |
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| [39] | |
(Biarritz) |
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Pau (St Andrew) |
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| [40] | |
Grenoble |
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| [41] | |
Lyon |
| [42] | ||
Midi-Pyrénées & Aude (Cahors, Limoux, Puycelsi, Toulouse, Valence-d'Agen) |
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| [43] | |
Le Gard |
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| [44] | |
(Hérault) |
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Marseille (All Saints) with Aix-en-Provence |
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| [45] | |
Cannes (Holy Trinity) |
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| [46] | |
Beaulieu-sur-Mer (St Michael) |
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| [47] | |
Nice (Holy Trinity) with Vence |
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| [48] | |
Menton (St John) |
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| [49] | |
Saint-Raphaël (St John the Evangelist) and The Var |
| Archived 17 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
| [50] |
Vernet-les-Bains (St George) |
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| [51] | |
Monte Carlo St Paul |
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| [52] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Brussels Cathedral |
| [53] [54] | ||
Antwerp (St Boniface) |
| [55] | ||
Antwerp Mission to Seafarers |
| Archived 20 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
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Ghent (St John) |
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| [56] | |
Knokke (St George) |
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| [57] | |
Bruges (St Peter) |
| [58] | ||
Ostend |
| [59] | ||
Leuven |
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| [60] | |
Liege |
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| [61] | |
Tervuren |
| Archived 17 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
| [62] |
Charleroi [defunct?] |
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| [63] | |
Ypres (St George) |
| [64] | ||
Amsterdam (Christ Church) |
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| [65] | |
Heiloo (Christ Church) |
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(Arnhem-Nijmegen) |
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Utrecht (Holy Trinity) with Zwolle |
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| [66] | |
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Eindhoven |
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| [67] | |
Haarlem |
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| [68] | |
The Hague (St John and St Philip) |
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| [69] | |
Rotterdam (St Mary) |
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| [70] | |
Rotterdam and Schiedam Missions to Seafarers |
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| [71] | |
Twente (St Mary the Virgin) |
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| [72] | |
Vlissingen (Flushing) Missions to Seafarers |
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| [73] | |
Voorschoten |
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| [74] | |
Luxembourg Konvikt Chapel |
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| [75] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Berlin (St George's) |
| [76] | ||
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Bonn with Cologne |
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| [77] | |
Hamburg (St Thomas À Becket) |
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| [78] | |
Düsseldorf Christ Church |
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| [79] | |
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Freiburg im Breisgau |
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| [80] | |
Heidelberg |
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| [81] | |
Leipzig |
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| [82] | |
Stuttgart St Catherine |
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| [83] | |
Copenhagen (St Alban) with Aarhus |
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| [84] | |
Oslo St Edmund with Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger |
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| [85] | |
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(Balestrand) |
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Stockholm (St Peter and St Sigfrid) with Gävle and Västerås |
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| [86] | |
Gothenburg (St Andrew) w Halmstad, Jönköping & Uddevalla |
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| [87] | |
Helsinki [see Anglican Church in Finland] |
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| [88] | |
Tallinn (St Timothy and St Titus) |
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| [89] | |
Riga |
| [90] | ||
Anglican Congregation Iceland |
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Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Zürich (St Andrew) with Baden, St Gallen and Zug |
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| [91] | |
Montreux (St John) with Anzere, Gstaad and Monthey |
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| [92] | |
Basle |
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| [93] | |
Berne |
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| [94] | |
Geneva (Holy Trinity) |
| [95] | ||
La Cote |
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| [96] | |
Lausanne (Christ Church) with Neuchâtel |
| [97] | ||
Lugano (St Edward the Confessor) |
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| [98] | |
Vevey (All Saints) with Château D'oex |
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| [99] | |
(Interlaken) (Kandersteg) |
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(Mürren) (St Moritz) |
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(Wengen) |
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(Zermatt) |
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Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Gibraltar Cathedral |
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Madrid (St George) | Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
| [100] | |
Barcelona St George |
| [101] | ||
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Costa de Almería |
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| [102] | |
Costa Azahar (St Christopher) |
| Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| [103] |
Costa Blanca |
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| [104] | |
Costa Brava (St Stephen) |
| Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| [105] |
Costa del Sol East (Fuengirola St Andrew, Benalmádena Costa, Calahonda, Coin) |
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| [106] | |
Costa del Sol West (San Pedro De Alcantara with Estepona, Algeciras and Sotogrande) |
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| [107] | |
Málaga (St George) |
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| [108] | |
Nerja and Almuñécar |
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| [109] | |
Torrevieja [Chaplaincy of SS Peter & Paul] |
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| [110] | |
Palma de Mallorca (St Philip and St James) |
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| [111] | |
Menorca |
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| [112] | |
Ibiza |
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| [113] | |
Lisbon (St George) with Estoril (St Paul) |
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| [114] | |
Porto (or Oporto) (St James) |
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| [115] | |
Algarve St Vincent |
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| [116] | |
Tenerife Sur (St Eugenio) [Church of St Francis] |
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| [117] | |
Las Palmas (Holy Trinity) |
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| [118] | |
Puerto de la Cruz (All Saints) with La Palma |
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| [119] | |
Fuerteventura |
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| [120] | |
Lanzarote [St Laurence's Chaplaincy] |
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| [121] | |
Madeira (Holy Trinity) |
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| [122] | |
Casablanca (St John the Evangelist) |
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| [123] | |
Tangier St Andrew |
| [124] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
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Malta and Gozo |
| [125] | ||
Rome All Saints |
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| [126] | |
Florence (St Mark) with Siena (St Peter) and Bologna |
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| [127] | |
Genoa Holy Ghost with Alassio |
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| [128] | |
Milan (All Saints) with Lake Como |
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| [129] | |
| Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine | |||
Naples Christ Church with Sorrento, Capri and Bari |
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| [130] | |
Venice St George with Trieste |
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| [131] | |
Sicily |
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| [132] | |
| Archived 10 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
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Assisi |
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(Bordighera) |
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(Perugia) |
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Vienna (Christ Church) |
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| [133] | |
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| Archived 11 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine | |||
Warsaw |
| Archived 28 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
| [134] |
Prague |
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| [135] | |
Budapest |
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| [136] | |
Belgrade with Skopje |
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| [137] | |
Bucharest (The Resurrection) |
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| [138] | |
Greater Athens |
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| [139] | |
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Corfu Holy Trinity |
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| [140] | |
Kyiv (Christ Church) |
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| [141] | |
Odesa Mission to Seafarers |
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Moscow (St Andrew) with Vladivostok |
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| [142] | |
St Petersburg |
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| [143] | |
Istanbul (Christ Church) (Chapel of St Helena) with Moda |
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| [144] | |
(Pera) |
| Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
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Ankara (St Nicholas) |
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| [145] | |
İzmir (St John the Evangelist) with Bornova (St Mary Magdalene) |
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| [146] | |
(Didim) |
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Tbilisi |
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| [147] | |
Yerevan |
| [148] | ||
Baku |
| [149] |
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