Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan

The Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan (simplified Chinese: 台湾圣公会; traditional Chinese: 臺灣聖公會) is the Anglican diocese in Taiwan and a member diocese of the Episcopal Church of the United States. It was established in 1954, five years after Chinese Episcopalians fled from mainland China to Taiwan following the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.

Diocese of Taiwan

臺灣聖公會
Location
CountryTaiwan
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince VIII
Statistics
Congregations16 (2017)
Members1,225 (2016)
Information
DenominationEpiscopal Church
CathedralSt. John's Cathedral, Taipei
Current leadership
BishopDavid Lai
Website
episcopalchurch.org.tw

Early leadership included American military chaplains connected to The Church of the Good Shepherd or St. John's,[1] but in 1965 the Diocese elected its first Chinese bishop. In late 2019 Lennon Yuan-Jung Chang was elected bishop, to be consecrated in February 22, 2020.[2]

It is a diocese of Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Parishes
The Church of Good Shepherd (Taipei)

Parishes of the diocese:[3]

ChurchAddress
Epiphany Church7, Lane 105, Section 1, Hangzhou South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
St. John's Cathedral (Diocesan Cathedral)280, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Daan District, Taipei City
The Church of The Good Shepherd509 Zhongzheng Road, Shilin District, Taipei City[4]
Holy Trinity Church163 Tung Ming Road, Keelung City
St. Luke's Church1-6 Ming Hsin Street, Hualien City[5]
St. James ChurchNo. 23, Section 1, Wuquan West Road, West District, Taichung City[6]
St. Peter's Church8 Hsin Chung Street, Chiayi City
Grace Church24 Lane 550 Tsung Te Road, Tainan City
All Saints' Church5 Chieh Shou Road, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City
St. Paul's Church200 Tzu Chiang 1st Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City
St. Timothy's Church3F. No. 262 Chung-hsiao 1st. Rd. Sinsing District, Kaohsiung City
St. Mark's Church120 - 11 Chung Hsiao Road, Pingtung City

Bishops
  1. James C. L. Wong (1965–1970; Chinese: 王長齡主教)
  2. James Pong (1971–1979; Chinese: 龐德明主教)
  3. Pui-Yeung Cheung (1980–1987; Chinese: 張培揚主教)
  4. John C. T. Chien (1988–2001; Chinese: 簡啟聰主教)
  5. David Jung-Hsin Lai (2001–present; Chinese: 賴榮信主教)

See also

References
  1. "Taiwan," https://episcopalchurch.org/diocese/taiwan accessed 2/10/2020
  2. https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/08/05/lennon-yuan-rung-chang-elected-next-bishop-of-taiwan/ accessed 2/10/2020
  3. "台灣聖公會". www.episcopalchurch.org.tw. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  4. "台灣聖公會牧愛堂 - 首頁".
  5. "台灣聖公會". www.episcopalchurch.org.tw.
  6. "台灣聖公會". www.episcopalchurch.org.tw.

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