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Missionary Diocese Of Cuba
The Missionary Diocese of Cuba ( Spanish: ''Iglesia Episcopal Reformada de Cuba'') is a Cuba-based diocese of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Based in Holguín, the diocese currently has approximately 40 congregations with a combined average attendance of 1,000. History In July 2003, a small church of about 15 people in Moa asked for episcopal oversight from the Reformed Episcopal Church. Based on Vancouver Island, Bishop Charles Dorrington was assigned to this task. Oversight of churches in Cuba fell to Dorrington's Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska due to the lack of direct U.S.-Cuba relations and limitations on trade and travel. With the support of the REC and the Anglican Network in Canada, the church in Cuba began to grow. In 2012, Willians Mendez Suarez—who had become pastor of the first REC Cuban church in 2009—was named archdeacon. In 2014, Mendez was consecrated as suffragan bishop of the missionary district. With the merger of the Diocese of Western Canada and ... [...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] |
