Province 9 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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Province 9 is one of nine ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...

s making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It comprises seven dioceses
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

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Dioceses of Province IX

  • Colombia
    Episcopal Diocese of Colombia
    The Episcopal Diocese of Colombia is an Anglican diocese in Colombia. It forms part of Province IX of the Episcopal Church. The current bishop is Francisco Jose Duque-Gomez.-External links:* *...

     (Bogotá
    Bogotá
    Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

    )
  • Dominican Republic
  • Central Ecuador
  • Litoral Ecuador
  • Honduras
    Episcopal Diocese of Honduras
    The Episcopal Diocese of Honduras is an Anglican diocese in Honduras. It forms part of Province IX of the Episcopal Church. The current bishop is Lloyd Emmanuel Allen.-External links:*...

     (San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

    )
  • Puerto Rico
    Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico
    The Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico is an Anglican diocese in Puerto Rico. It separated from the Episcopal Church in the USA in 1978 but was reinstated in 2002, and now forms part of Province IX...

  • Venezuela (Caracas
    Caracas
    Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

    )
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