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Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 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, for a total of 108 dioceses.

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

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

Province Name Diocese See city Founded Parishes 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 1785 152 36,763 8,211
Diocese of Maine Portland, ME 1820 57 8,400 2,695
Diocese of Massachusetts Boston 1784 162 42,510 9,745
Diocese of New Hampshire Concord 1832 41 9,279 2,384
Diocese of Rhode Island Providence 1790 52 12,781 3,241
Diocese of Vermont Burlington 1832 45 4,045 1,487
Diocese of Western Massachusetts Springfield, MA 1901 50 10,844 2,605
Province II The International Atlantic Province

or

Province of New York and New Jersey

Diocese of Albany Albany 1868 102 9,121 3,283
Diocese of Central New York Syracuse 1868 78 8,534 2,428
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Paris 1859 20 2,435 673
Diocese of Cuba Havana 1901 44 1,931 992
Diocese of Haiti Port-au-Prince 1861 120 98,403 10,828
Diocese of Long Island Garden City 1868 126 36,349 8,148
Diocese of New Jersey Trenton 1785 136 30,423 7,497
Diocese of New York New York City 1787 191 41,888 9,866
Diocese of Newark Newark 1874 93 18,245 4,325
Diocese of Puerto Rico San Juan 1920 56 3,199 1,693
Diocese of Rochester Rochester 1931 48 6,529 2,186
Diocese of the Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 1985 13 1,628 915
Diocese of Western New York[note 1] Buffalo 1839 56 6,014 1,684
Province III Province of Washington Diocese of Bethlehem[note 2] Bethlehem 1871 56 7,080 2,061
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania[note 2] Harrisburg 1904 61 8,322 2,732
Diocese of Delaware Wilmington 1785 32 6,913 2,422
Diocese of Easton Easton 1888 38 6,858 1,799
Diocese of Maryland Baltimore 1780 100 25,905 6,079
Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania[note 1] Erie 1910 32 2,677 981
Diocese of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1784 133 32,225 8,222
Diocese of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 1865 33 8,538 1,746
Diocese of Southern Virginia Newport News 1892 100 19,534 6,071
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Roanoke 1919 50 8,338 2,686
Diocese of Virginia Richmond (offices)
Orkney Springs (cathedral shrine) 		1785 179 61,591 15,229
Diocese of Washington Washington, D.C. 1895 85 30,741 8,483
Diocese of West Virginia Charleston, WV 1877 60 5,377 1,772
Province IV Province of Sewanee Diocese of Alabama Birmingham 1844 88 29,180 7,217
Diocese of Atlanta Atlanta 1907 91 43,211 9,814
Diocese of Central Florida Orlando 1969 82 22,131 8,918
Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast Pensacola (offices)
Mobile (cathedral) 		1970 61 16,803 4,180
Diocese of East Carolina Kinston 1863 67 14,133 4,432
Diocese of East Tennessee Knoxville 1985 46 12,969 3,997
Diocese of Florida Jacksonville 1838 66 22,884 5,946
Diocese of Georgia Savannah 1823 67 12,038 4,105
Diocese of Kentucky Louisville 1832 32 6,409 2,018
Diocese of Lexington Lexington 1896 34 6,186 2,043
Diocese of Louisiana New Orleans 1838 47 13,660 3,207
Diocese of Mississippi Jackson, MS 1850 80 16,981 4,591
Diocese of North Carolina Raleigh 1823 106 41,835 9,708
Diocese of South Carolina Charleston, SC 1785 31 7,995 2,352
Diocese of Southeast Florida Miami 1969 74 25,810 7,401
Diocese of Southwest Florida Parrish (offices)
St. Petersburg (cathedral) 		1969 78 24,046 8,280
Diocese of Tennessee Nashville 1834 45 15,460 4,410
Diocese of Upper South Carolina Columbia 1922 59 21,422 5,098
Diocese of West Tennessee Memphis 1985 29 6,163 2,073
Diocese of Western North Carolina Asheville 1922 60 13,152 4,788
Province V Province of the Midwest Diocese of Chicago Chicago 1823 120 25,645 7,184
Diocese of the Great Lakes Saginaw
 2024 97[note 3] 9,802[note 3] 3,578[note 3]
Diocese of Indianapolis[note 4] Indianapolis 1849 48 7,711 2,893
Diocese of Michigan Detroit 1832 70 13,311 4,003
Diocese of Missouri St. Louis 1841 39 8,745 2,443
Diocese of Northern Indiana[note 4] South Bend 1888 31 2,963 1,191
Diocese of Northern Michigan Marquette 1895 21 975 315
Diocese of Ohio Cleveland 1818 80 13,921 3,867
Diocese of Southern Ohio Cincinnati 1875 71 14,818 4,367
Diocese of Springfield Springfield, IL 1877 33 3,098 1,118
Diocese of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Milwaukee 1835 99[note 5] 10,535[note 5] 4,008[note 5]
Province VI Province of the Northwest Diocese of Colorado Denver 1875 93 19,887 6,785
Diocese of Iowa Des Moines (offices, one cathedral)
Davenport (cathedral) 		1854 58 4,713 1,611
Episcopal Church in Minnesota Minneapolis (offices, one cathedral)
Faribault (cathedral) 		1859 89 14,656 3,940
Diocese of Montana Helena 1904 32 3,367 1,011
Diocese of Nebraska Omaha 1865 50 5,867 1,791
Diocese of North Dakota Fargo 1883 19 2,148 464
Diocese of South Dakota Sioux Falls 1971 77 6,301 1,534
Diocese of Wyoming Casper (offices)
Laramie (cathedral) 		1909 45 5,670 1,400
Province VII Province of the Southwest Diocese of Arkansas Little Rock 1869 55 12,956 3,394
Diocese of Dallas Dallas 1895 61 27,214 8,205
Diocese of Kansas Topeka 1864 44 6,826 2,229
Diocese of Northwest Texas Lubbock 1958 25 4,788 1,344
Diocese of Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1937 64 13,576 4,282
Diocese of the Rio Grande Albuquerque 1881 48 9,764 2,656
Diocese of Texas Houston 1849 165 72,268 18,141
Diocese of West Missouri Kansas City, MO 1890 47 8,624 2,386
Diocese of West Texas San Antonio 1874 86 19,251 6,636
Diocese of Western Kansas Salina 1971 21 1,173 413
Diocese of Western Louisiana Pineville (offices)
Shreveport (cathedral) 		1979 42 7,744 2,175
Province VIII Province of the Pacific Diocese of Alaska Fairbanks 1971 46 4,794 727
Diocese of Arizona Phoenix 1959 58 17,175 5,195
Diocese of California San Francisco 1857 74 17,175 4,492
Diocese of Eastern Oregon The Dalles 1970 20 1,675 638
Diocese of El Camino Real Salinas (offices)
San Jose (cathedral) 		1980 40 5,760 2,197
Diocese of Hawaii Honolulu 1966 37[note 6] 6,019[note 6] 2,157[note 6]
Diocese of Idaho Boise 1867 27 3,297 1,186
Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles
(diocesan seat in Echo Park neighborhood; pro-cathedral in downtown L.A.) 		1895 128 39,677 8,459
Missionary Diocese of Navajoland Farmington 1978 10 800 143
Diocese of Nevada Las Vegas 1903 29 3,983 1,784
Diocese of Northern California Sacramento 1910 63 9,727 3,237
Diocese of Olympia Seattle 1910 90 18,356 6,148
Diocese of Oregon Portland, OR 1854 67 11,600 3,713
Diocese of San Diego San Diego 1973 41 9,781 3,509
Diocese of San Joaquin Fresno 1961 19 1,958 633
Diocese of Spokane Spokane 1892 33 3,385 1,259
Diocese of Taiwan Taipei 1954 15 1,216 672
Diocese of Utah Salt Lake City 1867 22 3,966 1,122
Province IX Province of Latin America Diocese of Colombia Bogotá 1964 32 2,390 1,832
Diocese of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1960 65 4,357 1,820
Diocese of Central Ecuador Quito 1970 11 676 374
Diocese of Litoral Ecuador Guayaquil 1988 26 7,825 874
Diocese of Honduras San Pedro Sula 1978 110 27,789 3,398
Diocese of Venezuela Caracas 1972 17 925 295

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. ^ a b Since 2018, the dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania have been in formal partnership and shared a bishop but have not merged.[3]
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b Since 2023, the dioceses of Indianapolis and Northern Indiana have been discerning a merger.[4]
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Western New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania ratify partnership". Episcopal News Service. Oct 26, 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Two Episcopal dioceses in Indiana begin reunification discernment". Episcopal News Service. Jan 30, 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. ^ The Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 246
  6. ^ "Chicago, Quincy Dioceses To Reunite on September 1". Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_provinces_and_dioceses_of_the_Episcopal_Church