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ANGLICANISM IN EUROPE
History & current status of Anglican Churches in Europe
English speaking churches and congregations have been established on the Continent of Europe since before the Reformation. Follow this link for a short historical note on the Anglican jurisdictions in Europe.
There are four Anglican jurisdictions on mainland Europe: The Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church or IERE), A Igreja Lusitana (The Lusitanian Church of Portugal), the Convocation of American Churches in Europe (ECUSA) and the Church of England’s Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.At the 1998 Lambeth Conference these communities asked for its support and encouragement as they explored new structures, including the possibility of a Province, for European Anglicanism.
This process has entered into a new phase of grass-roots consultation into how we can give practical effect to the closer relations we desire both as a contribution to the unity of the Church as a whole and as a means of doing mission together. Through this site we aim to keep informed all those who have an interest in the progress of these consultations.
The Diocese in Europe:
St. George’s is one of over two hundred chaplaincies that make up the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.The Diocese in Europe (as it is known) is one of the 44 dioceses that make up the Church of England.For the present, our diocese is under the direct Metropolitical oversight of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
If you would like more information about the Diocese in Europe, please go to: European Diocese
Bishop:
The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell (2001)
(The third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, commissioned 18th October 2001, enthroned in Gibraltar Cathedral, 1st November 2001)
Bishop’s Lodge, Church Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7RT
T: +44 (0)1293 883051
F: +44 (0)1293 884479
E: bishop@dioceseineurope.org.uk
The Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church (IERE)
The Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church (IERE) was formed in Gibraltar in 1868. In 1880 the Bishop of Mexico visited Spain and accepted under his care several congregations that sought to follow Anglican teaching and order, under the leadership of a former Roman Catholic priest, Juan Bautista Cabrera.Fr. Cabrera was subsequently consecrated, in 1894, as the first bishop of the IERE by Lord Plunkett, then Bishop of Meath in the Church of Ireland. The establishment of full Communion with the Church of England in 1963 prepared the way full integration into the Anglican Communion which was negotiated and agreed on 2 November 1980.
For those with a good grasp of the Spanish language, Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano, the current Bishop of IERE, has written a book “Antecedentes de la Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal”. This, and additional information about IERE and its congregations, can be obtained from:
Bishop:
The Right Reverend Carlos López-Lozano Bishop
Oficina Diocesana, Calle Beneficencia 18, 28004 Madrid, Spain
T: + 34 91 445 2560
F: + 34 91 594 4572
E: eclesiae@arrakis.es
As part of the closer relationships and hope for unity in the future, Bishop Carlos also serves as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese in Europe
The IERE’s Spanish-language web sites can be found by visiting www.anglicana-spain.org or www.iere.cjb.net
ECUSA, The Convocation of American Churches in Europe
The Convocation has over a century of existence in Europe. It originally was formed to minister to Americans, coming to the continent as serving military personnel, for business or academic reasons.Today its parishes minister to people from many different nations who have come to Europe for a wide variety of reasons.For that reason, the Convocation is now expanding its ministry and outreach to include the languages of the nations in which it has a presence.Convocation parishes and missions may be found in: Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
The Convocation is part of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
Bishop:
The Right Reverend Pierre Whalon, The American Cathedral
23, Avenue Georges V
F-75008 Paris
Tel: + 33 1 53 23 84 00
Fax: + 33 1 47 23 95 30
E-mail: ecusa.eu@american-cath.asso.fr
Their web-site can be reached by following this link.
The LusitanianChurch (Portugal)
Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica (Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church of Portugal) was organised at a Synod held on the 8 March 1880. The synod was presided over by Bishop Riley (of the American Episcopal Church) and gathered a group of Roman Catholic clergy and lay people who wished to commit themselves to an Anglican expression of Christian faith and order. A constitution was approved, and Bishop Riley undertook to present the ILCAE’s request for a bishop. Initially, Bishops of the Church of Ireland offered episcopal ministry and oversight until a native Portuguese was elected bishop.The first bishop of the ILCAE was consecrated in 1958. Following the lead of the AmericanChurch, the Churches of Ireland and England (and later other Anglican provinces and Old Catholic Churches) a Concordat of full Communion was established with the LusitanianChurch. The Church was fully integrated into the Anglican Communion on the 5th of July 1980.
As part of the closer relationships and hope for unity in the future, Bishop Fernando also serves as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese in Europe
Bishop:
The Right Reverend Fernando Soares Bishop
Centro Diocesano, Apartado 392, 4431-905 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
T: 00 351 2 2375 4018
F: 00 351 22 230 2016
E: ilcae@mail.telepac.pt
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