Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

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Template:Short description The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 107 dioceses: 95 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.

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

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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 File:ECUSA Connecticut.png
Diocese of Maine Portland, ME 1820 57 8,400 2,695 File:ECUSA Maine.png
Diocese of Massachusetts Boston 1784 162 42,510 9,745 File:ECUSA Massachusetts.png
Diocese of New Hampshire Concord 1832 41 9,279 2,384 File:ECUSA New Hampshire.png
Diocese of Rhode Island Providence 1790 52 12,781 3,241 File:ECUSA Rhode Island.png
Diocese of Vermont Burlington 1832 45 4,045 1,487 File:ECUSA Vermont.png
Diocese of Western Massachusetts Springfield, MA 1901 50 10,844 2,605 File:ECUSA Western Massachusetts.png
Province II The International Atlantic Province

or

Province of New York and New Jersey

Diocese of Albany Albany 1868 102 9,121 3,283 File:ECUSA Albany.png
Diocese of Central New York Syracuse 1868 78 8,534 2,428 File:ECUSA Central New York.png
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Diocese of Cuba Havana 1901 44 1,931 992 File:Cuba - Location Map (2013) - CUB - UNOCHA.svg
Diocese of Haiti Port-au-Prince 1861 120 98,403 10,828 File:Haiti departements map-fr.svg
Diocese of Long Island Garden City 1868 126 36,349 8,148 File:ECUSA Long Island.png
Diocese of New Jersey Trenton 1785 136 30,423 7,497 File:ECUSA New Jersey.png
Diocese of New York New York City 1787 191 41,888 9,866 File:ECUSA New York.png
Diocese of Newark Newark 1874 93 18,245 4,325 File:ECUSA Newark.png
Diocese of Puerto Rico San Juan 1920 56 3,199 1,693 File:Map of USA PR.png
Diocese of Rochester Rochester 1931 48 6,529 2,186 File:ECUSA Rochester.png
Diocese of the Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 1985 13 1,628 915 File:Virgin Islands-map-CIA.jpg
Diocese of Western New York Buffalo 1839 56 6,014 1,684 File:ECUSA Western New York.png
Province III Province of Washington Diocese of BethlehemTemplate:Refn Bethlehem 1871 56 7,080 2,061 File:ECUSA Bethlehem.png
Diocese of Central PennsylvaniaTemplate:Refn Harrisburg 1904 61 8,322 2,732 File:ECUSA Central Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Delaware Wilmington 1785 32 6,913 2,422 File:ECUSA Delaware.png
Diocese of Easton Easton 1888 38 6,858 1,799 File:ECUSA Easton.png
Diocese of Maryland Baltimore 1780 100 25,905 6,079 File:ECUSA Maryland.png
Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Erie 1910 32 2,677 981 File:ECUSA Northwestern Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1784 133 32,225 8,222 File:ECUSA Pennsylvania.png
Diocese of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 1865 33 8,538 1,746 File:ECUSA Pittsburgh.png
Diocese of Southern Virginia Newport News 1892 100 19,534 6,071 File:ECUSA Southern Virginia.png
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Roanoke 1919 50 8,338 2,686 File:ECUSA Southwestern Virginia.png
Diocese of Virginia Richmond (offices)
Orkney Springs (cathedral shrine) 		1785 179 61,591 15,229 File:ECUSA Virginia.png
Diocese of Washington Washington, D.C. 1895 85 30,741 8,483 File:ECUSA Washington.png
Diocese of West Virginia Charleston, WV 1877 60 5,377 1,772 File:ECUSA West Virginia.png
Province IV Province of Sewanee Diocese of Alabama Birmingham 1844 88 29,180 7,217 File:ECUSA Alabama.png
Diocese of Atlanta Atlanta 1907 91 43,211 9,814 File:ECUSA Atlanta.png
Diocese of Central Florida Orlando 1969 82 22,131 8,918 File:ECUSA Central Florida.png
Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast Pensacola (offices)
Mobile (cathedral) 		1970 61 16,803 4,180 File:ECUSA Central Gulf Coast.png
Diocese of East Carolina Kinston 1863 67 14,133 4,432 File:ECUSA East Carolina.png
Diocese of East Tennessee Knoxville 1985 46 12,969 3,997 File:ECUSA East Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Florida Jacksonville 1838 66 22,884 5,946 File:ECUSA Florida.png
Diocese of Georgia Savannah 1823 67 12,038 4,105 File:ECUSA Georgia.png
Diocese of Kentucky Louisville 1832 32 6,409 2,018 File:ECUSA Kentucky.png
Diocese of Lexington Lexington 1896 34 6,186 2,043 File:ECUSA Lexington.png
Diocese of Louisiana New Orleans 1838 47 13,660 3,207 File:ECUSA Louisiana.png
Diocese of Mississippi Jackson, MS 1850 80 16,981 4,591 File:ECUSA Mississippi.png
Diocese of North Carolina Raleigh 1823 106 41,835 9,708 File:ECUSA North Carolina.png
Diocese of South Carolina Charleston, SC 1785 31 7,995 2,352 File:ECUSA South Carolina.png
Diocese of Southeast Florida Miami 1969 74 25,810 7,401 File:ECUSA Southeast Florida.png
Diocese of Southwest Florida Parrish (offices)
St. Petersburg (cathedral) 		1969 78 24,046 8,280 File:ECUSA Southwest Florida.png
Diocese of Tennessee Nashville 1834 45 15,460 4,410 File:ECUSA Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Upper South Carolina Columbia 1922 59 21,422 5,098 File:ECUSA Upper South Carolina.png
Diocese of West Tennessee Memphis 1985 29 6,163 2,073 File:ECUSA West Tennessee cropped.png
Diocese of Western North Carolina Asheville 1922 60 13,152 4,788 File:ECUSA Western North Carolina.png
Province V Province of the Midwest Diocese of Chicago Chicago 1823 120 25,645 7,184 File:ECUSAchicago2013.png
Diocese of the Great Lakes Saginaw
 2024 97Template:Refn 9,802Template:Refn 3,578Template:Refn File:ECUSA Great Lakes.png
Diocese of IndianapolisTemplate:Refn Indianapolis 1849 48 7,711 2,893 File:ECUSA Indianapolis.png
Diocese of Michigan Detroit 1832 70 13,311 4,003 File:ECUSA Michigan.png
Diocese of Missouri St. Louis 1841 39 8,745 2,443 File:ECUSA Missouri.png
Diocese of Northern IndianaTemplate:Refn South Bend 1888 31 2,963 1,191 File:ECUSA Northern Indiana.png
Diocese of Northern Michigan Marquette 1895 21 975 315 File:ECUSA Northern Michigan.png
Diocese of Ohio Cleveland 1818 80 13,921 3,867 File:ECUSA Ohio.png
Diocese of Southern Ohio Cincinnati 1875 71 14,818 4,367 File:ECUSA Southern Ohio.png
Diocese of Springfield Springfield, IL 1877 33 3,098 1,118 File:ECUSA Springfield.png
Diocese of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Milwaukee 1835 99Template:Refn 10,535Template:Refn 4,008Template:Refn File:ECUSA Wisconsin.png
Province VI Province of the Northwest Diocese of Colorado Denver 1875 93 19,887 6,785 File:ECUSA Colorado.png
Diocese of Iowa Des Moines (offices, one cathedral)
Davenport (cathedral) 		1854 58 4,713 1,611 File:ECUSA Iowa.png
Episcopal Church in Minnesota Minneapolis (offices, one cathedral)
Faribault (cathedral) 		1859 89 14,656 3,940 File:ECUSA Minnesota.png
Diocese of Montana Helena 1904 32 3,367 1,011 File:ECUSA Montana.png
Diocese of Nebraska Omaha 1865 50 5,867 1,791 File:ECUSA Nebraska.png
Diocese of North Dakota Fargo 1883 19 2,148 464 File:ECUSA North Dakota.png
Diocese of South Dakota Sioux Falls 1971 77 6,301 1,534 File:ECUSA South Dakota.png
Diocese of Wyoming Casper (offices)
Laramie (cathedral) 		1909 45 5,670 1,400 File:ECUSA Wyoming.png
Province VII Province of the Southwest Diocese of Arkansas Little Rock 1869 55 12,956 3,394 File:ECUSA Arkansas.png
Diocese of Dallas Dallas 1895 61 27,214 8,205 File:ECUSA Dallas.png
Diocese of Kansas Topeka 1864 44 6,826 2,229 File:ECUSA Kansas.png
Diocese of Northwest Texas Lubbock 1958 25 4,788 1,344 File:ECUSA Northwest Texas.png
Diocese of Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1937 64 13,576 4,282 File:ECUSA Oklahoma.png
Diocese of the Rio Grande Albuquerque 1881 48 9,764 2,656 File:ECUSA Rio Grande.png
Diocese of Texas Houston 1849 165 72,268 18,141 File:ECUSA Texas.png
Diocese of West Missouri Kansas City, MO 1890 47 8,624 2,386 File:ECUSA West Missouri.png
Diocese of West Texas San Antonio 1874 86 19,251 6,636 File:ECUSA West Texas.png
Diocese of Western Kansas Salina 1971 21 1,173 413 File:ECUSA Western Kansas.png
Diocese of Western Louisiana Pineville (offices)
Shreveport (cathedral) 		1979 42 7,744 2,175 File:ECUSA Western Louisiana.png
Province VIII Province of the Pacific Diocese of Alaska Fairbanks 1971 46 4,794 727 File:National-atlas-alaska.png
Diocese of Arizona Phoenix 1959 58 17,175 5,195 File:ECUSA Arizona.png
Diocese of California San Francisco 1857 74 17,175 4,492 File:ECUSA California.png
Diocese of Eastern Oregon The Dalles 1970 20 1,675 638 File:ECUSA Eastern Oregon.png
Diocese of El Camino Real Salinas (offices)
San Jose (cathedral) 		1980 40 5,760 2,197 File:ECUSA El Camino Real.png
Diocese of Hawaii Honolulu 1966 37Template:Refn 6,019Template:Refn 2,157Template:Refn File:Hawaii Locator Map.PNG
Diocese of Idaho Boise 1867 27 3,297 1,186 File:ECUSA Idaho.png
Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles
(diocesan seat in Echo Park neighborhood; pro-cathedral in downtown L.A.) 		1895 128 39,677 8,459 File:ECUSA Los Angeles.png
Missionary Diocese of Navajoland Farmington 1978 10 800 143 File:ECUSA Navajoland.png
Diocese of Nevada Las Vegas 1903 29 3,983 1,784 File:ECUSA Nevada.png
Diocese of Northern California Sacramento 1910 63 9,727 3,237 File:ECUSA Northern California.png
Diocese of Olympia Seattle 1910 90 18,356 6,148 File:ECUSA Olympia.png
Diocese of Oregon Portland, OR 1854 67 11,600 3,713 File:ECUSA Oregon.png
Diocese of San Diego San Diego 1973 41 9,781 3,509 File:ECUSA San Diego.png
Diocese of San Joaquin Fresno 1961 19 1,958 633 File:ECUSA San Joaquin.png
Diocese of Spokane Spokane 1892 33 3,385 1,259 File:ECUSA Spokane.png
Diocese of Taiwan Taipei 1954 15 1,216 672 File:Taiwan-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Utah Salt Lake City 1867 22 3,966 1,122 File:ECUSA Utah.png
Province IX Province of Latin America Diocese of Colombia Bogotá 1964 32 2,390 1,832 File:Colombia-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1960 65 4,357 1,820 File:Dr-map.gif
Diocese of Central Ecuador Quito 1970 11 676 374 File:Ecuador-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Litoral Ecuador Guayaquil 1988 26 7,825 874 File:Ecuador-CIA WFB Map.png
Diocese of Honduras San Pedro Sula 1978 110 27,789 3,398 File:Un-honduras.png
Diocese of Venezuela Caracas 1972 17 925 295 File: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

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External links

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