Province 8 (VIII), also called the Province of the Pacific, is one of nine
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
s making up 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 ...
. It is composed of sixteen
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 ...
s in the nine states of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
,
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
,
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
,
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
,
Oregon
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,
Utah
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, and
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
. Also part of the province are the
Episcopal Diocese of
Taiwan
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, which has been a diocese of the Church since 1960; and the
Navajoland Area Mission which was established in 1979 to serve the specific spiritual and cultural needs of the
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
.
The province encompasses more than a third of the land mass of the
United States
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, and nearly twenty percent of the country's population. Because of its sheer size, the province claims to contain the most
demographically diverse population in the world. The Rt. Rev.
James Mathes of the
Diocese of San Diego serves as President and D. Rebecca Snow of the
Diocese of Oregon serves as Vice President.
Dioceses of Province VIII
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Diocese of Alaska
*
Diocese of Arizona
*
Diocese of California
*
Diocese of Eastern Oregon
*
Diocese of El Camino Real
*
Diocese of Hawaii
*
Diocese of Idaho
*
Diocese of Los Angeles
*
Diocese of Nevada
*
Diocese of Northern California
*
Diocese of Olympia
*
Diocese of Oregon
*
Diocese of San Diego
*
Diocese of San Joaquin
*
Diocese of Spokane
*
Diocese of Taiwan
*
Diocese of Utah
Other jurisdictions of Province VIII
*
Navajoland Area Mission
*
Episcopal Church in Micronesia
References and external links
ECUSA Province DirectoryProvince VIII website
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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