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Episcopal Church joins Anglican partners to uplift Indigenous voices and global climate justice at COP30

October 21, 2025

As The Episcopal Church prepares to participate in the 2025 United Nations climate change conference by uplifting the voices of Indigenous people, churches and dioceses are invited to consider ways members can advocate for climate action locally and globally.

Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris

October 20, 2025

Following are opening remarks, lightly edited for clarity, by House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe

October 20, 2025

Following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, by Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

The Rev. Canon David Ulloa Chavez named Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean

October 9, 2025

The Rev. Canon David Ulloa Chavez has been named The Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean. Chavez brings years of bilingual and bicultural leadership experience in diocesan and churchwide contexts, serving most recently as rector of All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church in Sun City, Arizona, and canon for border ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.

Episcopalians invited to first Veterans Day Holy Eucharist and Commissioning of Chaplains

October 8, 2025

Episcopalians are invited to join a first-time churchwide Veterans Day Holy Eucharist service at 7 p.m. ET Nov. 11—via livestream or in person at the Church Center chapel in New York City—to honor those who have served in the military and specially recognize the Episcopal chaplains who support them.

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe congratulates new Archbishop of Canterbury 

October 3, 2025

The Rev. Kirsten Guidero named Episcopal Church’s ecumenical and interreligious officer

October 2, 2025

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe notifies Episcopal Diocese of Florida of conclusion of Title IV matters against former bishop

October 1, 2025

Earlier today, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe sent the following letter to the people of the Diocese of Florida.

Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet Oct. 20-21

September 26, 2025

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will convene in person Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The agenda includes an update on future plans for Archives of The Episcopal Church; consideration of church planting and redevelopment grant proposals; and a session with Beth-Sarah Wright, acting executive director of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing.

A word to The Episcopal Church from the House of Bishops

September 16, 2025

Dear people of God, the bishops of The Episcopal Church gathered in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic, send greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. We are deeply grateful for the generous hospitality offered by our siblings in Christ in the Dominican Republic, and we give thanks for the faithful and visionary leadership of their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Moises Quezada Mota, and his wife, Mary Jeannette. We also give thanks for the presence and leadership of our presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, and we renew our commitment to the work of missional partnership and collaboration as together we seek to be a wholesome example for the entire flock of Christ.

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