Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church (TEC) is governed by a General Convention and consists of 96 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories, the diocese of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a diocese for Armed Services and Federal Ministries, for a total of 108 dioceses.

A diocese, which is led by a bishop, includes all the parishes and missions within its borders, which usually correspond to a state or a portion of a state. Some dioceses includes portions of more than one state. For example, the Diocese of Washington includes the District of Columbia and part of Maryland.

Overview

Map of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, colored by province

Province I, New England   Province II, Atlantic   Province III, Washington

Province IV, Sewanee   Province V, Midwest   Province VI, Northwest

Province VII, Southwest   Province VIII, Pacific   Province IX, Latin America

The naming convention for the domestic dioceses, for the most part, is after the state in which they are located or a portion of that state (for example, Northern Michigan or West Texas).

Usually (though not always), in a state where there is more than one diocese, the area where the Episcopal Church (or Church of England before the American Revolution) started in that state is the diocese that bears the name of that state. For example, the Church of England's first outpost in what is now Georgia was in Savannah, hence the Diocese of Georgia is based in Savannah.

There are, however, many dioceses named for their see city or another city in the diocese. A few are named for a river, island, valley or other geographical feature. The list below includes the see city in parentheses if different from the name of the diocese or unclear from its name.

The see city usually has a cathedral, often the oldest parish in that city, but some dioceses do not have a cathedral. The dioceses of Iowa and Minnesota each have two cathedrals. Occasionally the diocesan offices and the cathedral are in separate cities.

Provinces

The dioceses are grouped into nine provinces, the first eight of which, for the most part, correspond to regions of the U.S. Province IX is composed of dioceses in Latin America. Province II and Province VIII also include dioceses outside of the U.S.

Unlike in many churches of the Anglican Communion, in which provinces are helmed by a primate or presiding bishop from the clergy, provinces of TEC are led by lay executive directors or presidents. Decisions are made at each province's Synod of the Province, consisting of a House of Bishops and House of Deputies. Lay and clergy Deputies are elected, two from each diocese.

Provinces of TEC are not to be confused with provinces of the Anglican Communion, as TEC itself is one such province of the Communion.

List of provinces and their dioceses

Province	Name	Diocese	See city	Founded	Parishes and missions (2023)[1]	Active baptized members (2023)[2]	Average worship attendance (2023)[2]	Diocese Map
Province I	Province of New England	Diocese of Connecticut	Hartford	1785	152	36,763	8,211
Diocese of Maine		Portland, ME	1820	57	8,400	2,695
Diocese of Massachusetts		Boston	1784	162	42,510	9,745
Diocese of New Hampshire		Concord	1832	41	9,279	2,384
Diocese of Rhode Island		Providence	1790	52	12,781	3,241
Diocese of Vermont		Burlington	1832	45	4,045	1,487
Diocese of Western Massachusetts		Springfield, MA	1901	50	10,844	2,605
Province II	The International Atlantic Province or Province of New York and New Jersey	Diocese of Albany	Albany	1868	102	9,121	3,283
		Diocese of Central New York	Syracuse	1868	78	8,534	2,428
		Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe	Paris	1859	20	2,435	673
		Diocese of Cuba	Havana	1901	44	1,931	992
		Diocese of Haiti	Port-au-Prince	1861	120	98,403	10,828
		Diocese of Long Island	Garden City	1868	126	36,349	8,148
		Diocese of New Jersey	Trenton	1785	136	30,423	7,497
		Diocese of New York	New York City	1787	191	41,888	9,866
		Diocese of Newark	Newark	1874	93	18,245	4,325
		Diocese of Puerto Rico	San Juan	1920	56	3,199	1,693
		Diocese of Rochester	Rochester	1931	48	6,529	2,186
		Diocese of the Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	1985	13	1,628	915
		Diocese of Western New York[note 1]	Buffalo	1839	56	6,014	1,684
Province III	Province of Washington	Diocese of Bethlehem[note 2]	Bethlehem	1871	56	7,080	2,061
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania[note 2]		Harrisburg	1904	61	8,322	2,732
Diocese of Delaware		Wilmington	1785	32	6,913	2,422
Diocese of Easton		Easton	1888	38	6,858	1,799
Diocese of Maryland		Baltimore	1780	100	25,905	6,079
Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania[note 1]		Erie	1910	32	2,677	981
Diocese of Pennsylvania		Philadelphia	1784	133	32,225	8,222
Diocese of Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh	1865	33	8,538	1,746
Diocese of Southern Virginia		Newport News	1892	100	19,534	6,071
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia		Roanoke	1919	50	8,338	2,686
Diocese of Virginia		Richmond (offices) Orkney Springs (cathedral shrine)	1785	179	61,591	15,229
Diocese of Washington		Washington, D.C.	1895	85	30,741	8,483
Diocese of West Virginia		Charleston, WV	1877	60	5,377	1,772
Province IV	Province of Sewanee	Diocese of Alabama	Birmingham	1844	88	29,180	7,217
Diocese of Atlanta		Atlanta	1907	91	43,211	9,814
Diocese of Central Florida		Orlando	1969	82	22,131	8,918
Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast		Pensacola (offices) Mobile (cathedral)	1970	61	16,803	4,180
Diocese of East Carolina		Kinston	1863	67	14,133	4,432
Diocese of East Tennessee		Knoxville	1985	46	12,969	3,997
Diocese of Florida		Jacksonville	1838	66	22,884	5,946
Diocese of Georgia		Savannah	1823	67	12,038	4,105
Diocese of Kentucky		Louisville	1832	32	6,409	2,018
Diocese of Lexington		Lexington	1896	34	6,186	2,043
Diocese of Louisiana		New Orleans	1838	47	13,660	3,207
Diocese of Mississippi		Jackson, MS	1850	80	16,981	4,591
Diocese of North Carolina		Raleigh	1823	106	41,835	9,708
Diocese of South Carolina		Charleston, SC	1785	31	7,995	2,352
Diocese of Southeast Florida		Miami	1969	74	25,810	7,401
Diocese of Southwest Florida		Parrish (offices) St. Petersburg (cathedral)	1969	78	24,046	8,280
Diocese of Tennessee		Nashville	1834	45	15,460	4,410
Diocese of Upper South Carolina		Columbia	1922	59	21,422	5,098
Diocese of West Tennessee		Memphis	1985	29	6,163	2,073
Diocese of Western North Carolina		Asheville	1922	60	13,152	4,788
Province V	Province of the Midwest	Diocese of Chicago	Chicago	1823	120	25,645	7,184
		Diocese of the Great Lakes	Saginaw	2024	97[note 3]	9,802[note 3]	3,578[note 3]
		Diocese of Indianapolis[note 4]	Indianapolis	1849	48	7,711	2,893
		Diocese of Michigan	Detroit	1832	70	13,311	4,003
		Diocese of Missouri	St. Louis	1841	39	8,745	2,443
		Diocese of Northern Indiana[note 4]	South Bend	1888	31	2,963	1,191
		Diocese of Northern Michigan	Marquette	1895	21	975	315
		Diocese of Ohio	Cleveland	1818	80	13,921	3,867
		Diocese of Southern Ohio	Cincinnati	1875	71	14,818	4,367
		Diocese of Springfield	Springfield, IL	1877	33	3,098	1,118
		Diocese of Wisconsin	Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Milwaukee	1835	99[note 5]	10,535[note 5]	4,008[note 5]
Province VI	Province of the Northwest	Diocese of Colorado	Denver	1875	93	19,887	6,785
		Diocese of Iowa	Des Moines (offices, one cathedral) Davenport (cathedral)	1854	58	4,713	1,611
		Episcopal Church in Minnesota	Minneapolis (offices, one cathedral) Faribault (cathedral)	1859	89	14,656	3,940
		Diocese of Montana	Helena	1904	32	3,367	1,011
		Diocese of Nebraska	Omaha	1865	50	5,867	1,791
		Diocese of North Dakota	Fargo	1883	19	2,148	464
		Diocese of South Dakota	Sioux Falls	1971	77	6,301	1,534
		Diocese of Wyoming	Casper (offices) Laramie (cathedral)	1909	45	5,670	1,400
Province VII	Province of the Southwest	Diocese of Arkansas	Little Rock	1869	55	12,956	3,394
Diocese of Dallas		Dallas	1895	61	27,214	8,205
Diocese of Kansas		Topeka	1864	44	6,826	2,229
Diocese of Northwest Texas		Lubbock	1958	25	4,788	1,344
Diocese of Oklahoma		Oklahoma City	1937	64	13,576	4,282
Diocese of the Rio Grande		Albuquerque	1881	48	9,764	2,656
Diocese of Texas		Houston	1849	165	72,268	18,141
Diocese of West Missouri		Kansas City, MO	1890	47	8,624	2,386
Diocese of West Texas		San Antonio	1874	86	19,251	6,636
Diocese of Western Kansas		Salina	1971	21	1,173	413
Diocese of Western Louisiana		Pineville (offices) Shreveport (cathedral)	1979	42	7,744	2,175
Province VIII	Province of the Pacific	Diocese of Alaska	Fairbanks	1971	46	4,794	727
Diocese of Arizona		Phoenix	1959	58	17,175	5,195
Diocese of California		San Francisco	1857	74	17,175	4,492
Diocese of Eastern Oregon		The Dalles	1970	20	1,675	638
Diocese of El Camino Real		Salinas (offices) San Jose (cathedral)	1980	40	5,760	2,197
Diocese of Hawaii		Honolulu	1966	37[note 6]	6,019[note 6]	2,157[note 6]
Diocese of Idaho		Boise	1867	27	3,297	1,186
Diocese of Los Angeles		Los Angeles (diocesan seat in Echo Park neighborhood; pro-cathedral in downtown L.A.)	1895	128	39,677	8,459
Missionary Diocese of Navajoland		Farmington	1978	10	800	143
Diocese of Nevada		Las Vegas	1903	29	3,983	1,784
Diocese of Northern California		Sacramento	1910	63	9,727	3,237
Diocese of Olympia		Seattle	1910	90	18,356	6,148
Diocese of Oregon		Portland, OR	1854	67	11,600	3,713
Diocese of San Diego		San Diego	1973	41	9,781	3,509
Diocese of San Joaquin		Fresno	1961	19	1,958	633
Diocese of Spokane		Spokane	1892	33	3,385	1,259
Diocese of Taiwan		Taipei	1954	15	1,216	672
Diocese of Utah		Salt Lake City	1867	22	3,966	1,122
Province IX	Province of Latin America	Diocese of Colombia	Bogotá	1964	32	2,390	1,832
		Diocese of the Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	1960	65	4,357	1,820
		Diocese of Central Ecuador	Quito	1970	11	676	374
		Diocese of Litoral Ecuador	Guayaquil	1988	26	7,825	874
		Diocese of Honduras	San Pedro Sula	1978	110	27,789	3,398
		Diocese of Venezuela	Caracas	1972	17	925	295

Former provinces and dioceses

• Diocese of Central America, now part of the Anglican Communion
• Diocese of Duluth (1907–1944, reunited with Diocese of Minnesota)
• Eastern Diocese (1811–1843, split into the dioceses of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island)
• Diocese of Eastern Michigan (1994-2024, juncture to form the Diocese of the Great Lakes)
• Diocese of Eau Claire (1929–2024, reunited with Diocese of Wisconsin)
• Diocese of Fond du Lac (1875–2024, reunited with Diocese of Wisconsin)
• Episcopal Church in North Texas (1983-2022, reunited with Diocese of Texas)
• Diocese of Mexico (1973–1985, now part of the Anglican Communion)
• Diocese of the Philippines (1990, now autonomous province)
• Diocese of Quincy (1877–2013, merged with the diocese of Chicago following a schism)
• Diocese of South Florida (1922–1969, divided into dioceses of Central Florida, Southwest Florida, and Southeast Florida)
• Diocese of Western Colorado (1892–1898, 1907–1919, merged into Diocese of Colorado)
• Diocese of Western Michigan (1874-2024, juncture to form the Diocese of the Great Lakes)
• Missionary District of Western Nebraska (1889–1943, merged into diocese of Nebraska)
• Missionary District of Eastern Oklahoma (1911–1918, merged into diocese of Oklahoma)

Military diocese

• Episcopal Diocese of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries

Dioceses no longer in existence

• Duluth reunited with Minnesota in 1943.
• Eastern Diocese comprised all of New England except Connecticut. By 1843, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island had their own dioceses and the Eastern Diocese became Massachusetts^[5]
• Analogously, the Episcopal Diocese of Illinois formerly comprised all of Illinois. In 1877, the diocese was divided into three parts, with the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago assuming the legal succession of the former statewide diocese, and the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield and the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy becoming independent. Quincy reunited with Chicago in 2013.^[6]
• South Florida see Central Florida, Southeast Florida and Southwest Florida
• The Platte, renamed Laramie, Kearney, and Western Nebraska. In 1943 recombined with Nebraska
• Western Colorado reunited with Colorado in 1919.
• Episcopal Church in North Texas reunited with Episcopal Diocese of Texas in 2022.
• Episcopal Church in Micronesia united with Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii in 2024.

Formerly missionary districts

The following were founded as missionary districts of the Episcopal Church but are now full, independent Provinces of the Anglican Communion.

• The Episcopal Church of the Philippines, established during the American Colonial Era of the Philippines
• The Anglican Province of Mexico
• The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
• The Anglican Church in Central America, formed from the missionary dioceses of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

See also

• List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States
• List of Episcopal bishops of the United States

Notes

1. Since 2018, the dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania have been in formal partnership and shared a bishop but have not merged.^[3]
2. In 2024, the Diocese of Bethlehem and the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania voted to reunify as the Diocese of the Susquehanna, effective January 1, 2026
3. Figures represent the combined totals of the former Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, which joined in 2024 to form the Diocese of the Great Lakes.
4. Since 2023, the dioceses of Indianapolis and Northern Indiana have been discerning a merger.^[4]
5. Figures represent the combined totals of the former Dioceses of Eau Claire and Fond du Lac, which merged into the Diocese of Milwaukee in 2024 to form a reunified Diocese of Wisconsin.
6. Figures include the 2022 statistics reported by the Episcopal Church in Micronesia, which was merged into the Diocese of Hawaii by General Convention in 2024.

References

1. "Table of Statistics of the Episcopal Church". Parochial Report Results from 2023. The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. "Statistical Totals for the Episcopal Church by Province and Diocese: 2022-2023". Parochial Report Results from 2023. The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
3. "Western New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania ratify partnership". Episcopal News Service. Oct 26, 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
4. "Two Episcopal dioceses in Indiana begin reunification discernment". Episcopal News Service. Jan 30, 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
5. The Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 246
6. "Chicago, Quincy Dioceses To Reunite on September 1". Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

External links

• Browse by Province — Provides a short description, map, and list of dioceses for each of the nine provinces.
• Cathedrals of California