Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The Episcopal Church or the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America is the American national church of the Anglican Communion. It includes 108 dioceses in the United States, the US Virgin Islands, Haiti, Taiwan, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Honduras, and has an extra-provincial relationship with the dioceses of Puerto Rico and Venezuela. It is sometimes known as the Episcopal Church in the USA, abbreviated ECUSA.

Related Topics:
National church - Anglican - Communion - Dioceses - United States - US Virgin Islands - Haiti - Taiwan - Colombia - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Honduras - Puerto Rico - Venezuela

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The main church of the Episcopal Church is the Washington National Cathedral, which also serves as a gathering place for the nation, under charter by Congress.

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