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[Anglican Communon News Service] The Rt. Rev. Philip Wright, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, was elected archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies at the 42nd triennial Provincial Synod held in Nassau. Succeeding Archbishop Howard Gregory, who retired Dec. 31, 2024, Wright’s election marks a historic moment for Belize and…

Church members at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, participate in a Nov. 2 groundbreaking for their new church building. Photo: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] A Louisiana congregation whose church building was destroyed by fire in 2024 has broken ground on a new building. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe (center) presides at the Eucharist during The Episcopal Church’s first churchwide Veterans Day service in the Chapel of Christ the Lord at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City Nov. 11. Assisting are the Rev. Ryan Parke, (left) who serves at the Raleigh-Durham VA; and Bishop Suffragan for Armed Forces…

The Rev. Payton Høegh, a deacon in the Diocese of Los Angeles and program director of the Center for Spirituality in Nature, leads a Nov. 10 service of Compline offered by The Episcopal Church to mark the start of COP30, the United Nations’ annual climate conference. Photo: Zoom screenshot [Episcopal News Service] An evening online…

[Episcopal News Service] Voorhees University, one of two historically Black universities with ties to The Episcopal Church, announced over the weekend that it had received $19 million from the philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the second time in five years that Scott has made a multimillion donation to the school. The latest gift, announced in a Nov….

The Rev. Antonio Gallardo, rector of St. Luke’s / San Lucas Church in Long Beach, was elected eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Nov. 8. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] The Rev. Antonio Gallardo, rector of St. Luke’s / San Lucas Church in Long Beach, was…

[Missionary Diocese of Navajoland] The Bishop Search Committee has announced a slate of three nominees for election as the first bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland. The election is scheduled for Jan. 3, 2026, with a backup date of Jan. 10. Following approval by the diocesan Standing Committee on Nov. 6, the nominees are:…

[Office of the Archbishop of York] Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Nov. 8-11 on a pilgrimage of prayer and solidarity with the Most Rev. Hosam Naoum, the Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem. Together, they spent time in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the South Hebron Hills, Ramallah and Nazareth, meeting local church leaders,…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev. Cherry Vann, was enthroned in a national service at St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport, on Saturday, Nov. 8. Vann is the first woman to serve as archbishop of Wales. The enthronement followed her election by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales in July. At…

[Episcopal News Service] Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and this year, The Episcopal Church will mark the holiday honoring all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces by presenting for the first time a livestreamed Veterans Day Holy Eucharist that will include a commissioning of chaplains. The service, which begins at 7 p.m….