The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

of the

Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...

(ECUSA) which extends from Key West,

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on the south, to Jensen Beach on the north and inland to

Clewiston Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, United States. Its location is northwest of Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic coastal plain. The population was 7,327 at the 2020 census, up from 7,155 at the 2010 census. The estimated population in 2 ...

on the west. Major cities in the diocese are

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

Fort Lauderdale A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

and

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. The diocese takes in all of Miami-Dade County,

Broward County Broward County ( , ) is a county in the southeastern part of Florida, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with over 1.94 m ...

Palm Beach County Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous county ...

, and Martin County, along with the Florida Keys portion of

Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe: * Monroe County, Alabama *Monroe County, Arkansas * Monroe County, Florida * Monroe County, Georgia *Monroe County, Illinois *Monroe County, Indian ...

and the eastern part of Hendry County. The diocese is a part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church. The current Diocesan Bishop of Southeast Florida is the Right Reverend

Peter Eaton Peter David Eaton (born August 28, 1958) is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Early life The son of Wade Eaton, an Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, and the late Judith Morse Go ...

. The

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church of the diocese is

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Miami, Florida is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. It is located at North Bayshore Drive a short distance north of the Venetian Causeway, near the Carnival Center in Miami (464 N ...

. The diocese currently comprises 83 churches. The philanthropic outreach arm of the Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida is

Episcopal Charities of Southeast Florida Episcopal Charities of Southeast Florida is the philanthropic and charitable outreach arm of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Originally the Southeast Florida Episcopal Foundation, the organization was founded in 1998 to assist parishe ...

History

The Diocese of Southeast Florida was created in 1969 when the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, Diocese of South Florida was split to form the dioceses of

Central Florida Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Tampa Bay area and the Gr ...

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and Southeast Florida.

Bishops of the Diocese

The bishops of the Diocese of Southeast Florida are: #1970-1980

James L. Duncan James Loughlin Duncan (September 11, 1913 – July 20, 2000), the first Bishop of Southeast Florida, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Scottish and Irish immigrants Robert Duncan and his wife, Mary (O'Loughlin) Duncan. He died in ...

; was Suffragan Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of South Florida 1961-1969 #1980-2000 Calvin Schofield Jr. #2000-2016

Leo Frade Leopold "Leo" Frade (born October 10, 1943) is the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and former Bishop of Honduras. Education Frade was born in Havana, Cuba, on 10 October 1943 to devout MethodistsPeter Eaton Peter David Eaton (born August 28, 1958) is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Early life The son of Wade Eaton, an Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, and the late Judith Morse Go ...

; was coadjutor 2015–2016 NOTE: For earlier bishops, see the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida

Deaneries

In accordance with the usage in the ECUSA, the diocese is divided into six deaneries each headed by a dean and named as follows: * 1. The Keys (the Florida Keys portion of Monroe County); * 2. South Dade (southern Miami-Dade County); * 3. North Dade (northern Miami-Dade County); * 4. Broward (Broward County); * 5. South Palm Beach (southern Palm Beach County); and * 6. North Palm Beach (northern Palm Beach County, a portion of eastern Hendry County and all of Martin County).

References

Bibliography

*Cushman, Joseph D., Jr., ''A Goodly Heritage: The Episcopal Church in Florida, 1821-1892'', Gainesville: University of Florida Press (1965)

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