Reformed Episcopal Church
The Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican Church that has separated from the Anglican Communion . Since 2009 she has been part of the Anglican Church in North America .
It was founded on December 2, 1873 by Bishop George David Cummins and other former pastors of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America , because of the fear of a loss of Protestantism due to the growing acceptance of the Oxford movement in parts of the Episcopal Church and the Church of England . Theologically the church is committed to the English Reformation , the 39 Articles of Faith of the English Church and uses its own Book of Common Prayer as the order of worship , which is based on the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 of the Church of England. Closely related to the conservative wing within the Anglican Community, the Reformed Episcopal Church has a concordat with the Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de América and an agreement on church fellowship with the Church of Nigeria , which, however, does not apply to other member churches of the Anglican Community. The current Presiding Bishop of the Church is Royal U. Grote .
distribution
Today the Reformed Episcopal Church in the United States and Canada is divided into six dioceses with a total of 135 parishes . There are also parishes in Germany , Brazil , India , Cuba and Liberia .
Worldwide the number of members is 13,400.
Germany
The Reformed Episcopal Church in Germany has 105 members and consists of six parishes or missions:
- Christ Church in Schwarzenborn
- St. Paul parish in Hamburg
- Christ the King Mission in Buchen
- Anglican Mission Berlin
- Anglican St. Alban Mission Lörzweiler
- Anglican St. Thomas Mission Neuss
In Schwarzenborn she runs the St. Benedict Seminar for the training of her community officers and clergy.
Bishop Ordinarius in Germany has been Gerhard Meyer since October 2006 .
Bishops
These are the early bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church from its foundation in 1873 to 1902:
| No. | bishop | consecration | Consecrator | Active in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George David Cummins (1822–1876) | November 15, 1866 | ||
| 2 | Charles Edward Cheney (1836-1916) | December 14, 1873 | 1 | Chicago |
| 3 | William Rufus Nicholson (1822-1901) | February 24, 1876 | 1 | New York and Philadelphia Synod |
| 4th | Edward Cridge (* 1817) | July 16, 1876 | Canada ( Pacific Coast Jurisdiction ) | |
| 5 | Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) | July 16, 1876 | Chicago | |
| 6th | John Sugden († 1897) | August 20, 1876 | 4th | England |
| 7th | Alfred Spencer Richardson († 1892) | August 20, 1876 | 3, 5 | England |
| 8th | Thomas Huband Gregg (1840-1896) | June 20, 1877 | 5, 2, 3 | England |
| 9 | Peter Fayssoux Stevens (* 1830) | June 22, 1879 | South carolina | |
| 10 | James Allen Latané (1831-1902) | June 22, 1879 | New York and Philadelphia Synod | |
| 11 | Hubert Bower (1835–1888) | August 19, 1879 | 6, 7 | England |
| 12 | Edward Wilson | July 1, 1880 | Canada | |
| 13 | Thomas W. Campbell (* 1851) | May 31, 1891 | Canada; Brooklyn, NY | |
| 14th | Philip X. Eldridge (1846-1921) | June 24, 1892 | 6th | England |
| 15th | James Renney († 1894) | June 24, 1892 | 6th | England |
| 16 | William T. Sabine (* 1838) | Elected in 1902 | New York and Philadelphia Synod | |
| 17th | TW Bowman | Elected in 1902 | England |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contact addresses
- ↑ Annie Darling Price: A History of the Formation and Growth of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 1873-1902 , pp. 264-281. limited preview in Google Book search