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[Church in Wales] The new archbishop of Wales will be enthroned at a special service in November. Monmouth Bishop Cherry Vann will be enthroned as the 15th archbishop of Wales in a national service at Newport Cathedral in the Diocese of Monmouth on Saturday, Nov. 8. It follows her election as archbishop in July. She has…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity’s steering group sent an Oct. 21 letter stressing the need for The Episcopal Church to publicly support migrant communities pastorally and practically. “We ask the whole church to unite in prayer, action and solidarity to proclaim that in Christ there are no strangers or foreigners, only…

Members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chicago, Illinois, joined 75,000 other protesters in a nonviolent “No Kings” protest in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park on Oct. 18. Nearly 7 million people participated in more than 2,500 “No Kings” demonstrations in all 50 states, U.S. territories and other countries to oppose several of the Trump administration’s…

[Church in Wales] A joyous service of rededication and thanksgiving recently took place at St. Cadoc’s Church in Caerleon following months of building work to reorder the space, making it much more usable for the community. More than 200 people filled the church for the special service, which was led by Archbishop of Wales Cherry Van….

Central Pennsylvania Bishop Audrey Scanlan on Oct. 18, 2025, was elected the first bishop of the new Diocese of the Susquehanna, which will be created Jan. 1, 2026, by the reunification of the dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem. [Episcopal News Service] On Oct. 18 Central Pennsylvania Bishop Audrey Scanlan was elected the first bishop…

The Rev. Gregory Kimura was elected sixth bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin on Oct. 18, 2025. [Diocese of San Joaquin] The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin elected the Rev. Gregory Kimura as its sixth bishop during an Oct. 18 special electing convention. Kimura was elected on the second round of balloting with 58.6%…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe speaks Oct. 20 in the opening morning session of Executive Council, meeting at Kanuga in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Hendersonville, North Carolina] Executive Council, The Episcopal Church’s interim governing body, is meeting here Oct. 20-21 at a time of growing political turmoil in…

Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum speaks Oct. 19 during a forum discussion at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Photo: YouTube [Episcopal News Service] Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum on Oct. 19 spoke at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, preaching at one of the church’s services…

[Episcopal News Service] The conservative Anglican network GAFCON, a mix of leaders from Anglican provinces and breakaway groups, released a statement Oct. 16 saying it would disengage from the Anglican Communion’s existing deliberative bodies and create a rival to the Anglican Communion with an unspecified number of provinces. The message, titled “The Future Has Arrived”…

A worker finishes installing a window dedicated to the Philadelphia 11, the first women priests ordained in The Episcopal Church, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It and the windows beside it, honoring Absalom Jones (left) and Fred Rogers, were selected for the subjects’ connection with Pennsylvania, and are located on the second floor…