The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe (formerly the Convocation of American Churches in Europe) is a jurisdiction of the United States–based Episcopal Church, created in 1859 by an action of its general convention. The convocation includes all Episcopal congregations in continental Europe. Along with dioceses in New York, New Jersey, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it belongs to Province II of the Episcopal Church.
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has jurisdiction over the convocation but oversight is delegated to a bishop in charge. On April 6, 2019, Mark Edington succeeded the Right Reverend Pierre W. Whalon as bishop in charge, in a consecration and installation ceremony presided over by the presiding bishop, the Most Reverend Michael Curry, at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris.
The convocation currently has an institutional presence in eight European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Georgia.
Parishes The convocation reported 20 congregations in 2024 with an Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) of 852 persons. This was a relative decrease from 990 reported in 2015. It reported 2023 membership of 2,435 persons and 2024 plate and pledge income of $2,118,589. No membership statistics were reported in 2024 denominational parochial reports.
Belgium All Saints', Waterloo
France Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris Christ Church, Clermont-Ferrand
Germany Christ the King, Frankfurt am Main Church of the Ascension, Munich Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, Wiesbaden
Italy St. James', Florence St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome
Switzerland Emmanuel Church, Geneva
Missions and other institutions There are also groups known as "missionary congregations" that are not yet full parishes as well as other institutions connected to the convocation. They are located in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Georgia.
Austria
Holy Family Ecumenical Chapel, Mühlbach am Hochkönig
Belgium
Christ Church, Charleroi St. Esprit, Mons St Servais, Namur
France
Mission Épiscopale Francophone de la Résurrection, Paris
Germany St. James the Less, Nuremberg St. Boniface, Augsburg St. Columban's, Karlsruhe St. Michael's Church, Thuringia: Weimar
Georgia St. Nino, Tbilisi
Italy
Congregacion Latinoamericana – Iglesia San Pablo Dentro de los Muros de Roma - Spanish language ministry in Rome Joel Nafuma Refugee Center, Rome Santa Maria a Ferrano – retreat center near Florence
Netherlands All Saints, Amsterdam
Bishops The current bishop is Mark David Wheeler Edington. His immediate predecessor was Pierre Whalon.
1916–1923: G. Mott Williams 1959–1964: Stephen F. Bayne Jr. 1971–1974: Edmond Browning 1978–1980: Richard Millard 1980–1984: John McGill Krumm 1986–1989: Donald Davies 1988–1993: Matthew P. Bigliardi 1994–2001: Jeffery Rowthorn 2001–2019: Pierre Whalon Since April 6, 2019: Mark David Wheeler Edington, elected Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe in October 2018. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry ordained and consecrated him on April 6, 2019, at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris.
Liturgical translations Le Livre de la prière commune (2022) საერთო ლოცვანი ქართულად / the Book of Common Prayer 1979 in Georgian Ausgewählte Liturgien aus dem Book of Common Prayer mit Ordnung der Sakramentsfeiern und anderen Riten und Zeremonien der Kirche nach dem Gebrauch der Episkopalkirche Liturgie scelte da Il Libro della Preghiera Comune (St. James Church, Florence, 1999)
See also Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe - the Church of England's diocese in Europe
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