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

References

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