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Diocese Of Fort Worth (Southern Cone)
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. The diocese comprises 62 congregations and its headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The diocese is divided in six deaneries, each headed by a dean, which are: *Fort Worth East (churches in eastern Fort Worth) *Fort Worth West (churches in western Fort Worth) *Eastern Deanery (churches in suburbs in eastern Tarrant County, as well as ex-TEC churches in Dallas County and the states of Arkansas and Louisiana) *Western Deanery (churches on the western side of Tarrant County, as well as in counties west of Tarrant County) *Southern Deanery (churches in counties south and southwest of Tarrant County, as well as ex-TEC churches in Houston) *Northern Deanery (churches in counties north and northwest of Tarrant County) The current bishop is Ryan S. Reed, SSC, consecrated Bishop Coadjutor on September 21, 2019. He became Diocesan after the December 31, 2019, retirement of Jack Iker. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
