Province IV of the ECUSA

Province 4 (IV), also known as the Province of Sewanee, is one of nine ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Being the largest of the provinces of the Episcopal Church, Province 4 is composed of twenty dioceses in nine states of the Southeastern United States. Included in Province 4 are dioceses located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and part of Louisiana. The Province has the largest number of clergy, baptized members, communicants, church school and day school pupils of any Province in the Episcopal Church.[1] It is named for its seminary, the School of Theology of the University of the South, located in Sewanee, Tennessee.[2] Angela Daniel of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina serves as President, and the Rt. Rev. Don Johnson of the Diocese of West Tennessee serves as Vice President.

Dioceses of Province IV

References

  1. ↑ Province IV, "About Us". Accessed February 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ The University of the South, "An Episcopal University". Accessed February 27, 2011.


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