List of dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America

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The Anglican Church in North America is a North American member province of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON). It is currently divided in 28 dioceses and two special jurisdictions or missionary districts. There are numerous geographically based dioceses, non-geographical dioceses and networks. Many jurisdictions overlap with each other.

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Each diocese or network has a bishop and sometimes suffragan or assistant bishops.

Dioceses

DioceseTerritoryCathedralSee CityBishop(s)FoundedNumber of Congregations (2022) [1] Membership (2022) [1] Average Sunday Attendance (2022) [1]
All Nations Western and Central United StatesSt. Francis Cathedral El Paso, Texas Diocesan: Felix Orji
Suffragan: Scott Seely
2011N/A [note 1] N/A [note 1] N/A [note 1]
All Saints Non-geographicalHoly Trinity Cathedral Berlin, Maryland Richard W. Lipka 201125983561
Armed Forces and Chaplaincy Non-geographicalNone Montevallo, Alabama Derek Jones
Suffragan: Michael Williams, Mark Nordstrom
200710222231
Anglican Network in Canada Canada None Burlington, Ontario, Canada Diocesan: Dan Gifford
Suffragans: Stephen Leung, Mike Stewart
20077264923433
Carolinas North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky Cathedral Church of the Apostles, Columbia, South Carolina Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Diocesan: Steve Wood
Suffragans: David Bryan, Terrell Glenn
Assisting: Thad Barnum
20123497694871
Cascadia Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington St. Charles Anglican Cathedral Bremerton, Washington Jacob Worley 2011251466972
Central States (Reformed Episcopal) Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West VirginiaNone Mason, Ohio Peter Manto 2008201228753
Christ Our Hope Eastern United StatesChurch of the Redeemer, Greensboro, North Carolina‡
St. John's Anglican Church, Southampton, Pennsylvania‡
Durham, North Carolina Diocesan: Steve Breedlove
Co-adjutor: Alan J. Hawkins
Suffragan: Quigg Lawrence
2012, reconstituted 20163351484194
Churches for the Sake of Others Non-geographicalNone Franklin, Tennessee Diocesan: Todd Hunter
Suffragan: Brian Wallace
20135091038017
Fort Worth North-Central Texas St. Vincent's Cathedral Fort Worth Diocesan: Ryan Reed

Assisting: Keith Ackerman

19835689873818
Great Lakes Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, OhioHoly Spirit Anglican Church, Akron‡ Akron, Ohio Diocesan: Mark Engel

Suffragan: Allen Kannapell

20104231331949
Gulf Atlantic Alabama, Florida, Georgia St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral, Tallahassee Jacksonville Diocesan: Alex Farmer
Assisting: Neil Lebhar, John E. Miller III
20094064723511
International Non-geographical St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church Tonawanda, New York Bill Atwood 20091422421117
Living Word Non-geographical Bishop Seabury Anglican Church, Gales Ferry, CT‡ McLean, Virginia Diocesan: Julian Dobbs
Assisting: William Love
20134423161502
Mid-America (Reformed Episcopal) Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, British Columbia, Cuba Cathedral Church of the Holy Communion Dallas Diocesan: Ray R. Sutton
Suffragans: Walter Banek, Charlie Camlin
19964128781837
Mid-Atlantic District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West VirginiaNone Woodbridge, Virginia Christopher Warner 20113880835084
New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont All Saints Cathedral Amesbury, Massachusetts Andrew Williams 20103022091242
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (Reformed Episcopal) Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, OntarioNone Philadelphia Diocesan: R. Charles Gillin
Co-adjutor: William A. Jenkins Sr.
1984241394876
Pittsburgh Western PennsylvaniaNone Pittsburgh Alex Cameron 18654763023102
Quincy Northwestern Illinois St. John's Cathedral Quincy, Illinois Juan Alberto Morales 18773222401275
Rocky Mountains Western United StatesNone Colorado Springs, Colorado Diocesan: Kenneth Ross
Suffragan: Benjamin Fischer
2012, reconstituted 20163342773496
San Joaquin Central California, NevadaEmmanuel Anglican Church Fresno Eric Menees 19113024081224
South Carolina South Carolina Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul Charleston, South Carolina Chip Edgar 201253180078353
South Southeastern United States Holy Cross Cathedral Loganville, Georgia Diocesan: Foley Beach
Assisting: Frank Lyons, Paul Donison
201050 [note 2] 7563 [note 2] 5620 [note 2]
Southeast (Reformed Episcopal) Georgia, South CarolinaNone Summerville, South Carolina Willie J. Hill Jr. 19843221761221
Southwest Mexico, New Mexico, TexasNone El Paso, Texas Steven Tighe 2013221461994
Upper Midwest Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota Church of the Resurrection Wheaton, Illinois Stewart Ruch 20132427352503
Western Anglicans Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming All Saints Cathedral Long Beach, California Diocesan: Keith Andrews
Suffragan: Mark Zimmerman
20093629402138
Western Gulf Coast Texas, LouisianaSt. Timothy's Anglican Church Spring, Texas Clark Lowenfield 20131523811359

† indicates a special jurisdiction or missionary district ‡ indicates a pro-cathedral

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Anglican Diocese of All Nations was formally admitted to the ACNA in June 2023 and is not included in 2022 congregational data reports.
  2. 1 2 3 Congregational data for the Diocese of the South includes Christ Church Plano, the provincial pro-cathedral, which is under the direct episcopal oversight of the ACNA's archbishop.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Congregational Reporting: 2022 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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