General Convention Office Says Episcopal Church has 113 Dioceses
Episcopal News Service. April 18, 1997 [97-1744C]
(ENS) Statistics can be elusive, even in the church, according to the Rev. Donald Nickerson, secretary of General Convention. For example, how many dioceses does the Episcopal Church have -- and how is that determined. "we are saying that the church officially has 113 dioceses, after the Mexican dioceses formed their own province of the Anglican Communion and the church created a new diocese in eastern Michigan," he said. That number includes Navajoland, which is actually an "area mission," and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe. "It might be more accurate to call them jurisdictions," he said, "but we include them because they have seat and vote at General Convention and take part in the consent process for the election of bishops."