Missionary Diocese of CANA West

Missionary Diocese of CANA West
Location
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America/Convocation of Anglicans in North America
Statistics
Parishes 35
Information
Rite Anglican
Cathedral Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Francis, El Paso
Current leadership
Bishop Felix Orji
Website
dioceseofthewest.org

The Missionary Diocese of CANA West (or CANA West) is a missionary diocese of the Anglican Church in North America and one of the four missionary dioceses of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, which was founded in 2005.[1] As such, it is a dual church body of the ACNA and the Church of Nigeria in the United States. It comprises 35 parishes in 11 American states, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Washington and in 3 Canadian provinces, Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The state with most parishes is Texas, with 14

The diocesan office and the Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Francis are both located in El Paso, Texas. The first bishop is Nigerian-born Felix Orji.

History

CANA West was launched as a diocese-in-formation of the ACNA in June 2012 and achieved full diocesan status at the 5th Provincial Council held at Nashotah House, Nashotah, Wisconsin, from 16-18 June 2013.[2] The first diocesan synod was held from 15-17 August 2013 in San Antonio, Texas.[3] The diocese is widespread across a large part of the United States and one of his main purposes his church planting.

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Duane Alexander (March 2014). "The Bricolage of Global Anglicanism". Anglican and Episcopal History. 83 (1): 68. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Archbishop Duncan Addresses the 5th Provincial Council of the Anglican Church in North America, ACNA Official Website, 18 June 2013
  3. ↑ Diocesan Synod of CANA West, Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church official website Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine.
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