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Neva Rae Fox
Program Officer, Public Affairs
The Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue , New York, NY 10017
E-mail: newsline@episcopalchurch.org
Phone: (212) 716-6080
Concerning the Episcopal Church:
The research page of the Episcopal Church website provides detailed research and statistics: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/research.htm
Please note:
Dioceses and congregations remain part of the Episcopal Church even when local leaders and/or a number of parishioners opt to leave the denomination as a matter of personal choice.
Dioceses are created by the General Convention and cannot be dissolved without action of the General Convention in accordance with the provisions of the churchwide constitution and canons. Congregations, likewise, are created by a local diocese and continue within that structure unless otherwise decided by the local bishop in consultation with other elected diocesan leaders.
According to an October 2008 update from director of research Kirk Hadaway, out of some 7100 total Episcopal Church congregations, located inside and outside the U.S., since 2003:
(These figures do not include the Diocese of San Joaquin)