The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) which extends from

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, Florida on the south, to

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on the north and inland to Clewiston on the west. Major cities in the diocese are Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The diocese takes in all of

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, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Martin County, along with the

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portion of

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and the eastern part of

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. The diocese is a part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church. The current Diocesan Bishop of Southeast Florida is the

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. The cathedral church of the diocese is Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami. The diocese currently comprises 83 churches. The philanthropic outreach arm of the Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida is Episcopal Charities of Southeast Florida.

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, Southwest Florida 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

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1961-1969 #1980-2000 Calvin Schofield Jr. #2000-2016 Leo FradeThe Episcopal Church Annual (2007) Harrisburg: Morehouse Church Resources, pp. 359-361. #2016 - to date

; was

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2015–2016 NOTE: For earlier bishops, see the

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)

External links

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Journal of the Diocese of Southwest Florida
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