A Lot of Bishops, A Lot of Anglicans
Diocesan Press Service. June 5, 1968 [66-9]
NEW YORK, N. Y. -- It takes a lot of Bishops in the Anglican Communion to speak for the Church, but then, there are a lot of Anglicans around, in various parts of the world.
An estimated 500 Anglican prelates are expected to attend the Lambeth Conference this summer, which will convene at Church House, Westminster, in London on July 23 and which will remain in session until August 26.
They will be representing 47,198,230 Baptized Anglicans, 40,498 of whom are clergymen.
As might be expected the largest of the 22 Anglican jurisdictions is the mother Church of England which claims 27,600,000. The next largest is the Australian Church with more than four million Baptized members, and third the Episcopal Church of the United States with nearly three and one-half million.
The tiniest of all is the Province of Brazil with its three Dioceses which has a mere 38,000. But then, the Diocese is not very old yet, having been formed only about four years ago. It has 96 clergymen.
The Anglican Communion also includes 59,672 Church buildings, 107 theological colleges, 184 hospitals. And 696 Bishops.
Not all of them are going to Lambeth. Just most of them.