Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

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The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil ( Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil , AECB for short) is a member church of the Anglican Communion and extends over the country of Brazil . About 20,000 people count towards it.

The ecclesiastical province consists of nine dioceses , which are headed by a bishop . One of these nine bishops is elected Bispo Primaz ( Primate Bishop ). This is currently Maurìcio José Araújo de Andrade , who was elected at the 30th General Synod of the Church in July 2006 and who took office on July 30, 2006.

The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil has allowed women to be ordained. Many women serve as pastors in the church, especially in rural areas. In contrast, no woman has been ordained a bishop so far. The priesthood is allowed there for homosexual people in the church. The AECB made it possible for married homosexual couples to be married in church in June 2018 .

Church history

In 1810 the Anglican Church began to expand in Brazil. When Brazil enforced the separation of church and state in 1889, increased missionary work began. The Anglican newspaper Estandarte Cristão was first published in 1893 and is still published regularly today. In 1965 the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil became autonomous.

Primates

Dioceses

diocese Country bishop
Amazon BrazilBrazil Brazil , Belém Saulo Mauricio de Barros
Brasilia BrazilBrazil Brazil , Brasília Maurício José Araújo de Andrade
Curitiba BrazilBrazil Brazil , Curitiba Naudal Alves Gomes
Pelotas BrazilBrazil Brazil , Pelotas Renato da Cruz Raatz
Recife BrazilBrazil Brazil , Recife Sebastiao Armando Gameleira Soares
Rio de Janeiro BrazilBrazil Brazil , Rio de Janeiro Filadelfo Oliviera Neto
Sao Paulo BrazilBrazil Brazil , São Paulo Roger Douglas Bird
Southern brazil BrazilBrazil Brazil , Porto Alegre Francisco de Assis Da Silva
Southwest Brazil BrazilBrazil Brazil , Santa Maria Orlando Santos de Oliveira
Western Brazil Mission District BrazilBrazil Brazil , Caldas Novas Almir Dos Santos

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anglicanos dividem opiniões sobre homossexualidade (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ IEAB synod adopts same-sex marriage canon (en) . In: Anglican Ink 2018 © , June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.