I look back on those nearly two weeks in Salt Lake City with a sense of gratitude for what the Church accomplished. We electedBishop Michael Curry the new Presiding Bishop. We passed legislation in support of th
Participants in the live webcast will be: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori; President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson; Executive Officer and Secretary of the General Convention, the Rev. Gregory Straub; and Bishop Catherine Waynick of the...
What Does The AME Church Believe? They chose the name Episcopal not because we thought it was a neat way to spell “pepsi-cola,” but because we are truly a church governed and pastored by Bishops. The Episcopal Church has as its Presiding Bishop the Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Sch...
Cummins himself, towards the formation of the Reformed Episcopal Church." November 10, the bishop addressed a letter to bishop Smith, his superior in the diocese of Kentucky, and the presiding bishop of the general Church, resigning his position as a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. ...
The Episcopal Church is an autonomous, mainline Protestant church in the United States and member of the Anglican Communion. It was formally organized in Philadelphia in 1789 as the successor to the Church of England in the American colonies.
William White was the first bishop consecrated in England for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (also called the Episcopal Church in the United States of America [ECUSA]) and the first presiding bishop of that church. Educated at the C
Church and is first in order of precedence among the Council of Bishops. The position occupies a key role in the polity and practice of the AME Church. While a Senior Bishop has existed since the incorporation of the church as a denomination in 1816, the first ...