The Missionary Diocese of All Saints (MDAS) is a non-geographical diocese of the

Anglican Church in North America The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cu ...

, comprising 31 parishes in 14 American states: Washington, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, New York, Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, in addition to ministries in Latin America and Africa. It includes, since 6 April 2016, the Convocation of the West, formerly the Diocese of the West of the

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. The diocese' first bishop was William H. Ilgenfritz, from 2009 to 2021, and their current bishop is Richard W. Lipka, since 2021. The first vicar general of the Convocation of the West was

Winfield Mott Winfield Mott is an American Anglican bishop. He is a bishop in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and at the Reformed Episcopal Church. He became the second bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Diocese of the West in 2011. He was briefly ...

, briefly in 2016, until he was replaced by Canon Michael Lenfied. The diocese is

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in faith and practice. Its institutional origins are i
Forward in Faith North America (FIFNA)
(the North American Branch of the U.K. base
Forward in Faith - FiF
and the MDAS is the principal jurisdictional body representing FIFNA in ACNA. MDAS was inaugurated in June 2009 upon the formation of ACNA, and William H. Ilgenfritz was the first bishop of the FIFNA consecrated in ACNA on 22 August 2009, and was accepted as a full diocese in June 2013. The MDAS has a concordat of intercommunion with th
Iglesia Anglicana Carismatica
of

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. The standing committee of the Reformed Episcopal Diocese of the West, in February 2016, voted unanimously to become a convocation within the Missionary Diocese of All Saints, due to their small dimension and inability to have the support of the

to remain as a diocese. The last synod of the Diocese of the West, on 5–6 April 2016, was followed by the organizing synod of the Convocation of the West, on 6–7 April 2016.

was elected at the occasion the first vicar general of the Convocation of the West, which he was until 31 August 2016. He was succeeded by Canon Michael Lenfied.For Immediate Release: Anglican Convocation of the West, Convocation of the West Official Website, 10 April 2016
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* Anglican dioceses established in the 21st century Anglican realignment dioceses Dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America {{anglican-diocese-stub