The Christian Episcopal Church (XnEC) is a

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jurisdiction consisting of

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and the

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and with oversight of several parishes in the

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. Its

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s claim

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through the Right Rev. A. Donald Davies. Davies was formerly the bishop-in-charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe and the bishop of the

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History

Bishop Archibald Donald Davies had, in 1970, been consecrated the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. Fifteen bishops of the Episcopal Church assisted at the consecration of Bishop Davies, with

John Elbridge Hines John Elbridge Hines (October 3, 1910 – July 19, 1997) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States. When he was elected the 22nd Presiding Bishop in 1965, at the age of 54, he was the youngest person to hold that office, whic ...

as one of the principal consecrators. Bishop Hines had himself been consecrated the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in 1945, and was later elected the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. In 1992, following years of controversy in the Episcopal Church in the USA and the

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over what conservative members considered a steady drift towards both political and religious liberalism, the

Episcopal Missionary Church The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC) is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States. History The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC), incorporated in 1992, is an outgrowth of the Episcopal Synod of America (now Forward in Faith, North ...

(EMC) was founded. Although this was fifteen years after the Congress of St. Louis at which Anglicans from the US and Canada created the

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in opposition to

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, Prayer Book alterations, and more relaxed sexual standards approved in ECUSA, the EMC is usually considered a continuing church. Bishop Davies was elected its first presiding bishop. He was also elected archbishop and primate of the several parishes constituting the Christian Episcopal Church of Canada. A decade later, a split in the Episcopal Missionary Church's Diocese of the West produced the Christian Episcopal Church in the USA. Those who left the diocese then appealed to Bishop Davies and joined with the churches in Canada. At one time, the XnEC in the United States counted parishes in Mississippi, South Carolina, California, Arizona, Texas and other states, but at present its parishes are in Washington State, Oregon, Hawaii, and Florida. The current

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and

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is the Rt. Rev. Tim Klerekoper. Every bishop in the Christian Episcopal Church can claim to have received their episcopal orders through the succession of bishops of the

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and the

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as well as the Episcopal Church in the US. The Christian Episcopal Church of Canada is headed by Robert David Redmile. In September 2017 it was announced by Archbishop Theodore Casimes that Gavin Ashenden had been consecrated as a missionary bishop in the United Kingdom and Europe by the Christian Episcopal Church. However, on the fourth Sunday of Advent 2019, Ashenden was received into the Roman Catholic Church by Bishop

Mark Davies Mark or Marc Davies may refer to: * Mark Davies (athlete) (1960–2011), Australian Paralympic athlete *Mark Davies (footballer, born 1988), English footballer with Bolton Wanderers * Mark Davies (South African soccer) * Mark Davies (rugby union) ( ...

, the Bishop of Shrewsbury in

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Bibliography

*''The Apostolic Succession and the Catholic Episcopate in the Christian Episcopal'' by Robert David Redmile, published by Xulon, 2006 , pages 66,85-86

References

External links

Official Christian Episcopal Church webpage
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