Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The Episcopal Church in the United States of America is governed by 100 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, which is similar to a diocese.

Each is led by a bishop. A diocese includes all the within its borders, which usually correspond to a state or a portion of a state. Some dioceses includes portions of more than one state. The Diocese of Washington includes Washington, DC and part of Maryland.

Overview

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thumb|right|500px|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 many 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.

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.

Province I (New England)

*Connecticut (Hartford)
*Maine (Portland)
*Massachusetts (Boston)
*New Hampshire (Concord)
*Rhode Island (Providence)
*Vermont (Burlington)
*Western Massachusetts (Springfield)

Province II (New York and New Jersey)

*Albany (Albany, New York)
*Central New York (Syracuse)
*Convocation of American Churches in Europe (Paris)
*Haiti (Port-au-Prince)
*Long Island (Garden City)
*New Jersey (Trenton)
*New York (New York City)
*Newark (Newark, New Jersey)
*Rochester (Rochester, New York)
*Virgin Islands
*Western New York (Buffalo)

Province III (Middle Atlantic)

*Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
*Central Pennsylvania (Harrisburg)
*Delaware (Wilmington)
*Easton (Easton, Maryland)
*Maryland (Baltimore)
*Northwestern Pennsylvania (Erie)
*Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
*Pittsburgh
*Southern Virginia (Norfolk)
*Southwestern Virginia (Roanoke)
*Virginia (Offices in Richmond; cathedral shrine in Orkney Springs)
*Washington (Washington, D.C.)
*West Virginia (Charleston)

Province IV (Southeast)

*Alabama (Birmingham)
*Atlanta
*Central Florida (Orlando)
*Central Gulf Coast (offices in Pensacola, Florida; cathedral in Mobile, Alabama)
*East Carolina (Kinston, North Carolina)
*East Tennessee (Knoxville)
*Florida (Jacksonville)
*Georgia (Savannah)
*Kentucky (Louisville)
*Lexington (Lexington, Kentucky)
*Louisiana (New Orleans)
*Mississippi (Jackson)
*North Carolina (Raleigh)
*South Carolina (Charleston)
*Southeast Florida (Miami)
*Southwest Florida (offices in Sarasota; cathedral in St. Petersburg)
*Tennessee (Nashville)
*Upper South Carolina (Columbia)
*West Tennessee (Memphis)
*Western North Carolina (Asheville)

Province V (Midwest)

*Chicago
*Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
*Eastern Michigan (Saginaw)
*Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
*Indianapolis
*Michigan (Detroit)
*Milwaukee
*Missouri (St. Louis)
*Northern Indiana (South Bend)
*Northern Michigan (Marquette)
*Ohio (Cleveland)
*Quincy (Peoria, Illinois)
*Southern Ohio (Cincinnati)
*Springfield (Springfield, Illinois)
*Western Michigan (Portage/Kalamazoo)

Province VI (Northwest)

*Colorado (Denver)
*Iowa (Offices in Des Moines; cathedrals in Davenport and Des Moines)
*Minnesota (Offices in Minneapolis; cathedrals in Minneapolis and Faribault)
*Montana (Helena)
*Nebraska (Omaha)
*North Dakota (Fargo)
*South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
*Wyoming (Laramie)

Province VII (Southwest)

*Arkansas (Little Rock)
*Dallas
*Fort Worth (Offices in Fort Worth; cathedral in Bedford)
*Kansas (Topeka)
*Northwest Texas (Lubbock)
*Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
*Rio Grande (Albuquerque)
*Texas (Houston)
*West Missouri (Kansas City)
*West Texas (San Antonio)
*Western Kansas (Salina)
*Western Louisiana (Offices in Pineville; cathedral in Shreveport)

Province VIII (Pacific)

*Alaska (Fairbanks)
*Arizona (Phoenix)
*California (San Francisco)
*Eastern Oregon (The Dalles)
*El Camino Real (San Jose, California)
*Hawaii (Honolulu) - formerly the Anglican Church of Hawaii
*Idaho (Boise)
*Los Angeles
*Navajoland Area Mission
*Nevada (Las Vegas)
*Northern California (Sacramento)
*Olympia (Seattle)
*Oregon (Portland)
*San Diego
*San Joaquin (Fresno, California)
*Spokane
*Taiwan (Taipei)
*Utah (Salt Lake City)

Province IX (Central America)

*Colombia (Bogotá)
*Dominican Republic
*Central Ecuador
*Litoral Ecuador
*Honduras (San Pedro Sula)
*Puerto Rico
*Venezuela (Caracas)

Dioceses no longer in existence

*Duluth reunited with Minnesota in 1943.
*Eastern Diocese comprised all of New England except Connecticut. By 1843, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island had their own dioceses and the Eastern Diocese became Massachusetts [The Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 246]
*Episcopal Diocese of Illinois (see Chicago)
*Episcopal Diocese of Michigan City (see Northern Indiana)
*South Florida see Central Florida, Southeast Florida and Southwest Florida
*The Platte, renamed Laramie, Kearney, and Western Nebraska. In 1943 recombined with Nebraska
*Western Colorado

References

External links

* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory.htm Provincial and Diocesan directory]
* [http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com Cathedrals of California]