Diocese of the Central States

Diocese of the Central States
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Anglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes	19 (2023) [1]
Members	1,327 (2023)[1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Current leadership
Bishop	Peter Manto
Website
The Diocese of the Central States Official Website

The Diocese of the Central States is a Reformed Episcopal Church and an Anglican Church in North America diocese. The diocese has 20 congregations in the American states of Alabama, Northwest Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Daniel Morse became missionary bishop at the creation of the diocese in 2008, and he served as bishop ordinary until 2019. On January 1, 2020, Peter Manto became bishop ordinary of the diocese,^[2] with Daniel Morse retiring to become bishop emeritus.

History

The diocese was launched on 1 January 2008 as the Missionary Diocese of the Central States, joining the Anglican Church in North America upon its creation in June 2009. When the diocese reached full diocesan status in the REC and the ACNA in 2011, the name was changed to Diocese of the Central States, after experiencing considerable growth in the previous three years.^[3] The first Synod took place 25 and 26 October 2011, at the Resurrection Anglican Church, in Shalimar, Florida.

Parishes

Notable parishes in the Diocese of the Central States include:

Church	Image	City	Year founded	Year completed	Notes
Church of Our Saviour, Oatlands		Leesburg, Virginia	1871	2016	Largest parish in the diocese by Sunday attendance
Trinity Anglican Church		Connersville, Indiana	2021	1859	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

References

1. "Congregational Reporting: 2023 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
2. "Parish Profile" (PDF). Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "Shalimar church hosts first synod of diocese, 7 November 2012, Daily News". Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

• The Diocese of the Central States Official Website