Province 2 (II), also called the Atlantic Province is one of nine

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s making up the

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. It comprises the six

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s of the State of

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, the two dioceses of the State of

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, the diocese in the Republic of

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and the diocese in the

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(including both the British and the US Virgin Islands), the diocese of

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, and the

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. Lawrence Provenzano of the Diocese of Long Island serves as president and Rosalie Ballentine of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands serves as vice president.

Dioceses of Province II

* Diocese of Albany * Diocese of Central New York * Diocese of Cuba * Diocese of Haiti * Diocese of Long Island * Diocese of New Jersey * Diocese of New York * Diocese of Newark * Diocese of Puerto Rico *

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* Diocese of the Virgin Islands *

Diocese of Western New York The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming in western New York. ...

Other jurisdictions of Province II

External links

Province II website
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America {{anglican-diocese-stub