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 one special jurisdiction. There are numerous geographically based dioceses and non-geographical dioceses and jurisdictions. Many jurisdictions overlap with each other.

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

Dioceses

DioceseTerritoryCathedralSee CityBishop(s)FoundedNumber of Congregations (2023) [1] Membership (2023) [1] Average Sunday Attendance (2023) [1]
All Nations Western and Central United StatesSt. Francis Cathedral El Paso, Texas Diocesan: Felix Orji
Suffragan: Scott Seely
20113222511791
All Saints Non-geographicalHoly Trinity Cathedral Berlin, Maryland Ordinary: Richard W. Lipka
Co-Adjutor: Darryl Fitzwater
201125971544
Armed Forces and Chaplaincy Non-geographicalNone Montevallo, Alabama Derek Jones
Suffragan: Michael Williams, Mark Nordstrom
20079251257
Canada Canada None Burlington, Ontario, Canada Diocesan: Dan Gifford
Suffragans: Stephen Leung, Mike Stewart
20077658474252
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
201237100495823
Cascadia Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington St. Charles Anglican Cathedral Bremerton, Washington Jacob Worley 20112515341107
Central States (Reformed Episcopal) Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West VirginiaNone Mason, Ohio Peter Manto 2008191327920
Christ Our Hope Eastern United StatesChurch of the Redeemer, Greensboro, North Carolina‡
St. John's Anglican Church, Southampton, Pennsylvania‡
Greensboro, North Carolina Ordinary: Alan J. Hawkins
Suffragan: Quigg Lawrence
Assisting: Steve Breedlove
2012, reconstituted 20163753014884
Churches for the Sake of Others Non-geographicalNone Franklin, Tennessee Diocesan: Todd Hunter
Suffragan: Brian Wallace
20135392828500
Fort Worth North-Central Texas St. Vincent's Cathedral Fort Worth Diocesan: Ryan Reed

Assisting: Keith Ackerman

19835686494273
Great Lakes Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, OhioHoly Spirit Anglican Church, Akron‡ Akron, Ohio Diocesan: Mark Engel

Suffragan: Allen Kannapell

20104231852081
Gulf Atlantic Alabama, Florida, Georgia St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral, Tallahassee Jacksonville Diocesan: Alex Farmer
Assisting: Neil Lebhar, John E. Miller III
20093864263859
Living Word Non-geographical Bishop Seabury Anglican Church, Gales Ferry, CT‡ McLean, Virginia Diocesan: Julian Dobbs
Assisting: William Love
20134225371677
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
19964130402080
Mid-Atlantic District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West VirginiaNone Woodbridge, Virginia Christopher Warner 20113886175956
New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont All Saints Cathedral Amesbury, Massachusetts Andrew Williams 20103023911401
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.
19842413931009
Pittsburgh Western PennsylvaniaNone Pittsburgh Alex Cameron 18654758403646
Quincy Northwestern Illinois St. John's Cathedral Quincy, Illinois Juan Alberto Morales 18773225871468
Rocky Mountains Western United StatesNone Colorado Springs, Colorado Diocesan: Kenneth Ross
Suffragan: Benjamin Fischer
2012, reconstituted 20163546904351
San Joaquin Central California, NevadaEmmanuel Anglican Church Fresno Eric Menees 19113023901301
South Carolina South Carolina Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul Charleston, South Carolina Chip Edgar 201255174407888
South Southeastern United States Holy Cross Cathedral Loganville, Georgia Diocesan: Foley Beach
Assisting: Frank Lyons, Paul Donison
201050 [note 1] 8399 [note 1] 6329 [note 1]
Southeast (Reformed Episcopal) Georgia, South CarolinaNone Summerville, South Carolina Willie J. Hill Jr. 1984321726896
Southwest Mexico, New Mexico, TexasNone El Paso, Texas Steven Tighe 20132215371075
Upper Midwest Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota Church of the Resurrection Wheaton, Illinois Stewart Ruch 20132228132322
Western Anglicans Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming All Saints Cathedral Long Beach, California Diocesan: Keith Andrews
Suffragan: Mark Zimmerman
20093530302392
Western Gulf Coast Texas, LouisianaSt. Timothy's Anglican Church Spring, Texas Clark Lowenfield 20131425051503

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

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Congregational data for the Diocese of the South includes Christ Church Plano, the provincial pro-cathedral.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Congregational Reporting: 2023 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 25 June 2024. Note: The 2023 statistics included congregations in the International Diocese, which was removed from this list following its scheduled dissolution in July 2024. As of 2023, the diocese had 14 congregations with 2,107 members and average Sunday attendance of 1,208.These congregations have since joined other dioceses.

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