Diocese of the Carolinas

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Diocese of the Carolinas
Location
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes38 (2024) [1]
Members9,863 (2024) [1]
Information
Rite Anglican
Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Apostles, Columbia, South Carolina
Current leadership
Bishop Steve Wood
Suffragan David Bryan
Auxiliary Bishops Thad Barnum, Terrell Glenn (assisting)
Website
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The Diocese of the Carolinas is a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, comprising 42 parishes in the American states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Its first bishop is Steve Wood. Wood is also the archbisop of the Anglican Church of North America and rector of St. Andrew's Church, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. David C. Bryan was elected Suffragan Bishop in June 2016, with Terrell Glenn and Thaddeus R. Barnum as Assisting Bishop.

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History

The diocese was formed when Anglican clergy and lay people, many of whom had left the Episcopal Church, began to gather to discuss starting a new diocese in the Anglican Church in North America. Chief among the architects of new diocese were Filmore Strunk, rector of All Saints' Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Steve Wood, rector of St. Andrew's Church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

The new diocese was approved unanimously at the Provincial Assembly of the ACNA, on 6 June 2012, with Steve Wood as their first bishop elected. He was consecrated on 25 August 2012, at St. Andrew's Church in Mount Pleasant, by Archbishop Robert Duncan, Archbishop-elect of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali, Bishop Roger Ames, Bishop John Guernsey and Bishop Alphonsa Gadsden, all three from the ACNA. [2]

Bishop Wood, was elected on June 22, 2024, by the ACNA college of bishops to succeed Foley Beach as the province's third archbishop. He took office on June 28, at the conclusion of the ACNA's provincial assembly. [3]

Parishes

As of 2022, the Diocese of the Carolinas had 40 parishes. Notable parishes in the diocese include:

ChurchImageCityYear foundedYear completedNotes
All Saints Church All Saints' Episcopal Church, Waccamaw.jpg Pawleys Island, South Carolina 17391917
St. Andrew's Church Mt Pleasant St Andrews Episcopal 1.jpg Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 18351857
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Holy Trinity Church, Raleigh, NC (27224707477).jpg Raleigh, North Carolina 20032015
Church of the Apostles Columbia, South Carolina 20041964Diocesan cathedral


References

  1. 1 2 Walton, Jeff (July 10, 2025). "What are the Largest Anglican Dioceses and Parishes?". Juicy Ecumenism. Institute on Religion and Democracy. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Steve Wood Ordained as First Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas, 25 August 2012
  3. ↑ Fodor, Chloë-Arizona (June 24, 2024). "Anglican Church in North America elects Steve Wood as archbishop". Religion News Service. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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