Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands
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The Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA/T.E.C) which includes both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. The diocese is a part of Province II of the Episcopal Church. The previous Diocesan Bishop of the Virgin Islands was Edward Ambrose Gumbs, the seat is currently vacant but Rafael Morales from the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico serves as Bishop Advisor. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Charlotte Amalie. The diocese currently comprises 14 churches. There is a functioning parish school on St. Thomas All Saints Cathedral School there was an academic campus on St. Croix, St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School. St. Dunstan's closed in the 1990s. There is also the St. Georges School located on the parish property of St. Georges Episcopal Church in Road Town, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, which also opened the St. Georges School (Secondary Division) in Palestina Estate near to the St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Sea Cow's Bay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. There is also the St. Mary's School located on the parish property of the St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Valley, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.
Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands Dioecesis Virginum Insularum EDVI | |
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Cathedral Church of All Saints in Charlotte Amalie | |
Location | |
Country | United States United Kingdom |
Territory | U.S. Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands |
Ecclesiastical province | Province II |
Deaneries | 3 |
Headquarters | 2313 Commandant Gade (Garden Street) Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI |
Statistics | |
Congregations | 13 (2022) |
Schools | 4 |
Members | 1,989 (2022) |
Information | |
Denomination | Episcopal Church |
Established | 1919 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church of All Saints |
Language | English, Virgin Islands Creole, Spanish(minority) |
Current leadership | |
Bishop Advisor to the Virgin Islands Diocese | Rafael Morales Maldonado |
Website | |
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