Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

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The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 108 dioceses: 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.

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A diocese, which is led by a bishop, includes all the parishes and missions within its borders, which usually correspond to a state or a portion of a state. Some dioceses includes portions of more than one state. For example, the Diocese of Washington includes the District of Columbia and part of Maryland.

Overview

Map of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, colored by province
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Province I, New England
Province II, Atlantic
Province III, Washington
Province IV, Sewanee
Province V, Midwest
Province VI, Northwest
Province VII, Southwest
Province VIII, Pacific
Province IX, Latin America EpiscopalChurch-Diocesesmap.png
Map of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, colored by province

The naming convention for the domestic dioceses, for the most part, is after the state in which they are located or a portion of that state (for example, Northern Michigan or West Texas).

Usually (though not always), in a state where there is more than one diocese, the area where the Episcopal Church (or Church of England before the American Revolution) started in that state is the diocese that bears the name of that state. For example, the Church of England's first outpost in what is now Georgia was in Savannah, hence the Diocese of Georgia is based in Savannah.

There are, however, many dioceses named for their see city or another city in the diocese. A few are named for a river, island, valley or other geographical feature. The list below includes the see city in parentheses if different from the name of the diocese or unclear from its name.

The see city usually has a cathedral, often the oldest parish in that city, but some dioceses do not have a cathedral. The dioceses of Iowa and Minnesota each have two cathedrals. Occasionally the diocesan offices and the cathedral are in separate cities.

Provinces

The dioceses are grouped into nine provinces, the first eight of which, for the most part, correspond to regions of the U.S. Province IX is composed of dioceses in Latin America. Province II and Province VIII also include dioceses outside of the U.S.

Unlike in many churches of the Anglican Communion, in which provinces are helmed by a primate or presiding bishop from the clergy, provinces of TEC are led by lay executive directors or presidents. Decisions are made at each province's Synod of the Province, consisting of a House of Bishops and House of Deputies. Lay and clergy Deputies are elected, two from each diocese.

Provinces of TEC are not to be confused with provinces of the Anglican Communion, as TEC itself is one such province of the Communion.

List of provinces and their dioceses

ProvinceNameDioceseSee cityFoundedParishes and missions (2023) [1] Active baptized members (2023) [2] Average worship attendance (2023) [2] Diocese Map
Province I Province of New England Diocese of Connecticut Hartford 178515236,7638,211 ECUSA Connecticut.png
Diocese of Maine Portland, ME 1820578,4002,695 ECUSA Maine.png
Diocese of Massachusetts Boston 178416242,5109,745 ECUSA Massachusetts.png
Diocese of New Hampshire Concord 1832419,2792,384 ECUSA New Hampshire.png
Diocese of Rhode Island Providence 17905212,7813,241 ECUSA Rhode Island.png
Diocese of Vermont Burlington 1832454,0451,487 ECUSA Vermont.png
Diocese of Western Massachusetts Springfield, MA 19015010,8442,605 ECUSA Western Massachusetts.png
Province II The International Atlantic Province

or

Province of New York and New Jersey

Diocese of Albany Albany 18681029,1213,283 ECUSA Albany.png
Diocese of Central New York Syracuse 1868788,5342,428 ECUSA Central New York.png
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Paris 1859202,435673 Blank Map of Europe -w boundaries.svg
Diocese of Cuba Havana 1901441,931992 Cuba - Location Map (2013) - CUB - UNOCHA.svg
Diocese of Haiti Port-au-Prince 186112098,40310,828 Haiti departements map-fr.svg
Diocese of Long Island Garden City 186812636,3498,148 ECUSA Long Island.png
Diocese of New Jersey Trenton 178513630,4237,497 ECUSA New Jersey.png
Diocese of New York New York City 178719141,8889,866 ECUSA New York.png
Diocese of Newark Newark 18749318,2454,325 ECUSA Newark.png
Diocese of Puerto Rico San Juan 1920563,1991,693 Map of USA PR.png
Diocese of Rochester Rochester 1931486,5292,186 ECUSA Rochester.png
Diocese of the Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 1985131,628915 Virgin Islands-map-CIA.jpg
Diocese of Western New York Buffalo 1839566,0141,684 ECUSA Western New York.png
Province III Province of Washington Diocese of Bethlehem [note 1] Bethlehem 1871567,0802,061 ECUSA Bethlehem.png
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania [note 1] Harrisburg 1904618,3222,732 ECUSA Central Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Delaware Wilmington 1785326,9132,422 ECUSA Delaware.png
Diocese of Easton Easton 1888386,8581,799 ECUSA Easton.png
Diocese of Maryland Baltimore 178010025,9056,079 ECUSA Maryland.png
Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Erie 1910322,677981 ECUSA Northwestern Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 178413332,2258,222 ECUSA Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 1865338,5381,746 ECUSA Pittsburgh.png
Diocese of Southern Virginia Newport News 189210019,5346,071 ECUSA Southern Virginia.png
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Roanoke 1919508,3382,686 ECUSA Southwestern Virginia.png
Diocese of Virginia Richmond (offices)
Orkney Springs (cathedral shrine)
178517961,59115,229 ECUSA Virginia.png
Diocese of Washington Washington, D.C. 18958530,7418,483 ECUSA Washington.png
Diocese of West Virginia Charleston, WV 1877605,3771,772 ECUSA West Virginia.png
Province IV Province of Sewanee Diocese of Alabama Birmingham 18448829,1807,217 ECUSA Alabama.png
Diocese of Atlanta Atlanta 19079143,2119,814 ECUSA Atlanta.png
Diocese of Central Florida Orlando 19698222,1318,918 ECUSA Central Florida.png
Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast Pensacola (offices)
Mobile (cathedral)
19706116,8034,180 ECUSA Central Gulf Coast.png
Diocese of East Carolina Kinston 18636714,1334,432 ECUSA East Carolina.png
Diocese of East Tennessee Knoxville 19854612,9693,997 ECUSA East Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Florida Jacksonville 18386622,8845,946 ECUSA Florida.png
Diocese of Georgia Savannah 18236712,0384,105 ECUSA Georgia.png
Diocese of Kentucky Louisville 1832326,4092,018 ECUSA Kentucky.png
Diocese of Lexington Lexington 1896346,1862,043 ECUSA Lexington.png
Diocese of Louisiana New Orleans 18384713,6603,207 ECUSA Louisiana.png
Diocese of Mississippi Jackson, MS 18508016,9814,591 ECUSA Mississippi.png
Diocese of North Carolina Raleigh 182310641,8359,708 ECUSA North Carolina.png
Diocese of South Carolina Charleston, SC 1785317,9952,352 ECUSA South Carolina.png
Diocese of Southeast Florida Miami 19697425,8107,401 ECUSA Southeast Florida.png
Diocese of Southwest Florida Parrish (offices)
St. Petersburg (cathedral)
19697824,0468,280 ECUSA Southwest Florida.png
Diocese of Tennessee Nashville 18344515,4604,410 ECUSA Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Upper South Carolina Columbia 19225921,4225,098 ECUSA Upper South Carolina.png
Diocese of West Tennessee Memphis 1985296,1632,073 ECUSA West Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Western North Carolina Asheville 19226013,1524,788 ECUSA Western North Carolina.png
Province V Province of the Midwest Diocese of Chicago Chicago 182312025,6457,184 ECUSAchicago2013.png
Diocese of the Great Lakes Saginaw
202497 [note 2] 9,802 [note 2] 3,578 [note 2] ECUSA Great Lakes.png
Diocese of Indianapolis [note 3] Indianapolis 1849487,7112,893 ECUSA Indianapolis.png
Diocese of Michigan Detroit 18327013,3114,003 ECUSA Michigan.png
Diocese of Missouri St. Louis 1841398,7452,443 ECUSA Missouri.png
Diocese of Northern Indiana [note 3] South Bend 1888312,9631,191 ECUSA Northern Indiana.png
Diocese of Northern Michigan Marquette 189521975315 ECUSA Northern Michigan.png
Diocese of Ohio Cleveland 18188013,9213,867 ECUSA Ohio.png
Diocese of Southern Ohio Cincinnati 18757114,8184,367 ECUSA Southern Ohio.png
Diocese of Springfield Springfield, IL 1877333,0981,118 ECUSA Springfield.png
Diocese of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Milwaukee 183599 [note 4] 10,535 [note 4] 4,008 [note 4] ECUSA Wisconsin.png
Province VI Province of the Northwest Diocese of Colorado Denver 18759319,8876,785 ECUSA Colorado.png
Diocese of Iowa Des Moines (offices, one cathedral)
Davenport (cathedral)
1854584,7131,611 ECUSA Iowa.png
Episcopal Church in Minnesota Minneapolis (offices, one cathedral)
Faribault (cathedral)
18598914,6563,940 ECUSA Minnesota.png
Diocese of Montana Helena 1904323,3671,011 ECUSA Montana.png
Diocese of Nebraska Omaha 1865505,8671,791 ECUSA Nebraska.png
Diocese of North Dakota Fargo 1883192,148464 ECUSA North Dakota.png
Diocese of South Dakota Sioux Falls 1971776,3011,534 ECUSA South Dakota.png
Diocese of Wyoming Casper (offices)
Laramie (cathedral)
1909455,6701,400 ECUSA Wyoming.png
Province VII Province of the Southwest Diocese of Arkansas Little Rock 18695512,9563,394 ECUSA Arkansas.png
Diocese of Dallas Dallas 18956127,2148,205 ECUSA Dallas.png
Diocese of Kansas Topeka 1864446,8262,229 ECUSA Kansas.png
Diocese of Northwest Texas Lubbock 1958254,7881,344 ECUSA Northwest Texas.png
Diocese of Oklahoma Oklahoma City 19376413,5764,282 ECUSA Oklahoma.png
Diocese of the Rio Grande Albuquerque 1881489,7642,656 ECUSA Rio Grande.png
Diocese of Texas Houston 184916572,26818,141 ECUSA Texas.png
Diocese of West Missouri Kansas City, MO 1890478,6242,386 ECUSA West Missouri.png
Diocese of West Texas San Antonio 18748619,2516,636 ECUSA West Texas.png
Diocese of Western Kansas Salina 1971211,173413 ECUSA Western Kansas.png
Diocese of Western Louisiana Pineville (offices)
Shreveport (cathedral)
1979427,7442,175 ECUSA Western Louisiana.png
Province VIII Province of the Pacific Diocese of Alaska Fairbanks 1971464,794727 National-atlas-alaska.png
Diocese of Arizona Phoenix 19595817,1755,195 ECUSA Arizona.png
Diocese of California San Francisco 18577417,1754,492 ECUSA California.png
Diocese of Eastern Oregon The Dalles 1970201,675638 ECUSA Eastern Oregon.png
Diocese of El Camino Real Salinas (offices)
San Jose (cathedral)
1980405,7602,197 ECUSA El Camino Real.png
Diocese of Hawaii Honolulu 196637 [note 5] 6,019 [note 5] 2,157 [note 5] Hawaii Locator Map.PNG
Diocese of Idaho Boise 1867273,2971,186 ECUSA Idaho.png
Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles
(diocesan seat in Echo Park neighborhood; pro-cathedral in downtown L.A.)
189512839,6778,459 ECUSA Los Angeles.png
Missionary Diocese of Navajoland Farmington 197810800143 ECUSA Navajoland.png
Diocese of Nevada Las Vegas 1903293,9831,784 ECUSA Nevada.png
Diocese of Northern California Sacramento 1910639,7273,237 ECUSA Northern California.png
Diocese of Olympia Seattle 19109018,3566,148 ECUSA Olympia.png
Diocese of Oregon Portland, OR 18546711,6003,713 ECUSA Oregon.png
Diocese of San Diego San Diego 1973419,7813,509 ECUSA San Diego.png
Diocese of San Joaquin Fresno 1961191,958633 ECUSA San Joaquin.png
Diocese of Spokane Spokane 1892333,3851,259 ECUSA Spokane.png
Diocese of Taiwan Taipei 1954151,216672 Taiwan-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Utah Salt Lake City 1867223,9661,122 ECUSA Utah.png
Province IX Province of Latin America Diocese of Colombia Bogotá 1964322,3901,832 Colombia-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1960654,3571,820 Dr-map.gif
Diocese of Central Ecuador Quito 197011676374 Ecuador-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Litoral Ecuador Guayaquil 1988267,825874 Ecuador-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Honduras San Pedro Sula 197811027,7893,398 Un-honduras.png
Diocese of Venezuela Caracas 197217925295 Venezuela-CIA WFB Map.png

Former provinces and dioceses

Military diocese

Dioceses no longer in existence

Formerly missionary districts

The following were founded as missionary districts of the Episcopal Church but are now full, independent Provinces of the Anglican Communion.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In 2024, the Diocese of Bethlehem and the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania voted to reunify as the Diocese of the Susquehanna, effective January 1, 2026
  2. 1 2 3 Figures represent the combined totals of the former Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, which joined in 2024 to form the Diocese of the Great Lakes.
  3. 1 2 Since 2023, the dioceses of Indianapolis and Northern Indiana have been discerning a merger. [3]
  4. 1 2 3 Figures represent the combined totals of the former Dioceses of Eau Claire and Fond du Lac, which merged into the Diocese of Milwaukee in 2024 to form a reunified Diocese of Wisconsin.
  5. 1 2 3 Figures include the 2022 statistics reported by the Episcopal Church in Micronesia, which was merged into the Diocese of Hawaii by General Convention in 2024.

References

  1. "Table of Statistics of the Episcopal Church". Parochial Report Results from 2023. The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Statistical Totals for the Episcopal Church by Province and Diocese: 2022-2023". Parochial Report Results from 2023. The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. "Two Episcopal dioceses in Indiana begin reunification discernment". Episcopal News Service. Jan 30, 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. The Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 246
  5. "Chicago, Quincy Dioceses To Reunite on September 1". Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Retrieved 23 November 2013.