How many dioceses have left The Episcopal Church (TEC)?
4 dioceses have left TEC. The Diocese of San Joaquin, California, under the leadership of Bishop John-David Schofield voted to leave TEC and realign with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone of South American in December of 2007. The Dioceses of Forth-Worth, Quincy, and Pittsburgh all voted to leave TEC in the fall of 2009. Seven dioceses in 2006 requested “alternative primatial oversight,” indicating their rejection of the direction of the Church and of the authority of the newly elected Presiding Bishop, but their action does not constitute a withdrawal of membership in TEC. Their action represents a desire to remain connected with the Anglican Communion. *Note: An eighth diocese, Dallas, requested an “alternative primatial relationship” from the Archbishop of Canterbury but later withdrew its appeal (though still indicated its rejection of the trajectory of the church and of its new Presiding Bishop).
