Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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Ecclesiastical Province
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s making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is composed of sixteen dioceses
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
in the nine states of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, and Washington. Also part of the province are the Episcopal Diocese
Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan
The Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan is a diocese in Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising Taiwan . The diocese was established by the Episcopal Church in 1954.-History:...
of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, which has been a diocese of the Church since 1960; and the Navajoland Area Mission
Navajoland Area Mission
The Navajoland Area Mission, also known as the Episcopal Church in Navajoland, is an Area Mission of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America...
which was established in 1979 to serve the specific spiritual and cultural needs of the Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation
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.
The province encompasses more than a third of the land mass of the United States
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
Demographics
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diverse population in the world.
Dioceses of Province VIII
- Diocese of AlaskaEpiscopal Diocese of AlaskaThe Episcopal Diocese of Alaska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Alaska. Established in 1895, it has the largest geographical reach of any diocese in the Episcopal Church, with approximately 7,000 members spread across 53...
- Diocese of ArizonaEpiscopal Diocese of ArizonaThe Episcopal Diocese of Arizona is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over Arizona. It is in Province VIII.Kirk Stevan Smith is the current bishop. His seat is at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix.-History:...
- Diocese of CaliforniaEpiscopal Diocese of CaliforniaThe Episcopal Diocese of California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in Northern California...
- Diocese of Eastern OregonEpiscopal Diocese of Eastern OregonThe Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains. It also it includes Klickitat County, Washington. It is in Province 8...
- Diocese of El Camino RealEpiscopal Diocese of El Camino RealThe Diocese of El Camino Real is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, located in northern and central California. The diocese includes the cities of San Jose , Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo...
- Diocese of HawaiiEpiscopal Diocese of HawaiiThe Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii is the ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church of the Anglican Communion in the United States encompassing the state of Hawaii...
- Diocese of IdahoEpiscopal Diocese of IdahoThe Episcopal Diocese of Idaho is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over Idaho south of the Salmon River. It also includes one congregation in Wyoming. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Boise, as are...
- Diocese of Los AngelesEpiscopal Diocese of Los AngelesThe Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is a community of 85,000 Episcopalians in 147 congregations, 40 schools, and 18 major institutions, spanning all of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, and part of Riverside County....
- Diocese of NevadaEpiscopal Diocese of NevadaThe Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising the entire State of Nevada. The fourth and current bishop of the Diocese is Dan Thomas Edwards, ordained bishop on 5 January 2008....
- Diocese of Northern CaliforniaEpiscopal Diocese of Northern CaliforniaThe Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, created in 1910, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the northern part of California. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is in Sacramento, as are the diocesan...
- Diocese of OlympiaEpiscopal Diocese of OlympiaThe Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, also known as the Episcopal Church in Western Washington, is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in Washington state west of the Cascade Range. It is one of 17 dioceses and an area mission that make up Province 8. The diocese started as a missionary district in 1853...
- Diocese of OregonEpiscopal Diocese of OregonThe Episcopal Diocese of Oregon is a diocese of The Episcopal Church which consists of the western portion of the State of Oregon bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia River, the Cascade Range and the Oregon-California border. Major cities in the diocese are Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford...
- Diocese of San DiegoEpiscopal Diocese of San DiegoThe Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, created in 1974, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over San Diego County, Imperial County and part of Riverside County in California plus all of Yuma County in Arizona. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, St...
- Diocese of San JoaquinEpiscopal Diocese of San JoaquinThe Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , located in central California with its headquarters in Modesto.-Secession from Episcopal Church:...
- Diocese of SpokaneEpiscopal Diocese of SpokaneThe Episcopal Diocese of Spokane is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in eastern Washington and North Idaho, United States. Its office and cathedral seat are in Spokane, Washington. The current Bishop is the Right Reverend James Waggoner, Jr....
- Diocese of TaiwanEpiscopal Diocese of TaiwanThe Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan is a diocese in Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising Taiwan . The diocese was established by the Episcopal Church in 1954.-History:...
- Diocese of UtahEpiscopal Diocese of UtahThe Episcopal Diocese of Utah is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing the state of Utah, less that part of the Four Corners region which is in the Navajoland Area Mission. It includes a small part of northern Arizona. In 1867, the Episcopal Church was the first...