Jay Cayangyang

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The Right Reverend

Jay Cayangyang
Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy
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Cayangyang at Bishop Seabury Church in 2021
Church Anglican Church in North America
Diocese Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy
In office2025–present
Predecessor Derek Jones
Orders
Ordination1996
ConsecrationJune 21, 2025
by  Steve Wood
Personal details
SpouseLinda Cayangyang
Children5
Military career
Branch United States Navy
United States Navy Reserve
Rank Captain
Unit United States Navy Chaplain Corps

Jerome Rosas "Jay" Cayangyang is an American Anglican bishop and U.S. Navy chaplain. Since September 2025, he has been a bishop of the Anglican Church in North America's Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (SJAFC).

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Biography

Cayangyang grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where his father was stationed at Naval Station Mayport while serving on the USS Voge. [1] He was ordained as both deacon and priest in 1996 and has served in churches in California, Virginia and Florida. [2]

As a U.S. Navy Reserve chaplain, Cayangyang had numerous assignments including deployment with Marines during the Iraq War. [2] In 2011, Cayangyang returned to Jacksonville as command chaplain at Naval Station Mayport. [1] He also served as canon to the ordinary in the JAFC and as deputy chaplain of the Marine Corps for reserve matters. [2]

In 2015, Cayangyang was appointed rector of Bishop Seabury Anglican Church in Gales Ferry, Connecticut. He was also archdeacon for the Northeast in the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word. [2] In 2025, Cayangyang's election as a suffragan bishop in the SJAFC was confirmed. [3] He was consecrated and installed alongside Marshall MacClellan at during the SJAFC convocation at Church of the Cross in Bluffton, South Carolina on June 21, 2025. [4]

In September 2025, Cayangyang was elected by the ACNA College of Bishops to replace Derek Jones, who had withdrawn from the province, as bishop of the SJAFC. [5]

Personal life

Cayangyang is married to Linda; they have five adult children. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sippel, Jacob (February 23, 2011). "New Command Chaplain Returns To Hometown". Florida Times-Union. Navy Public Affairs Support Element. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Leadership". Bishop Seabury Anglican Church. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Bishops-Elect Consented to by College of Bishops". Anglican Church in North America. January 16, 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Let's welcome the newest Bishops (Bishop Jay Cayangyang and Bishop Marshall MacClellan, in front) in Christ's one holy, catholic, and apostolic church". Facebook. Anglican Chaplains. June 22, 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Post, Kathryn (September 26, 2025). "ACNA is tested and chaplains scramble as chaplain-endorsing nonprofit exits". Religion News Service.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy
Since 2025		Incumbent
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