Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church may refer to various churches in the Anglican, Methodist, and Open Episcopal traditions.

An episcopal church has bishops in its organisational structure (see episcopal polity). Episcopalian is a synonym for Anglican in the United States, Scotland, and several other locations.

Anglicanism

Anglican Communion

• Episcopal Church (United States) in the United States, Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe
• Scottish Episcopal Church
• Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Brazil)
• Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba
• Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
• Episcopal Church in the Philippines
• Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
• Episcopal Church of the Sudan

Continuing Anglican Movement

• Anglican Episcopal Church, U.S.
• Episcopal Missionary Church, U.S.
• Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church, U.S.
• Southern Episcopal Church, U.S.
• United Episcopal Church of North America, U.S.

Independent Anglican

• Free Protestant Episcopal Church, North America
• Reformed Episcopal Church, North and South America, Asia, Europe. Now closely associated with some of the Continuing Anglican churches.

Methodism

Methodist

• African Methodist Episcopal Church, U.S.
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, North America
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, North America
• the former Methodist Episcopal Church, now part of the United Methodist Church

Convergence Movement

• Charismatic Episcopal Church
• Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches

Independent Catholic

Independent Catholic (inter-denominational)

• Open Episcopal Church

See also

• St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
• Anglicanism
• Continuing Anglican movement
• Convergence Movement
• Church of England
• Church of Ireland
• Episcopal polity
• Lutheranism
• Methodism
• Roman Catholic Church
• Eastern Orthodox Church
• Oriental Orthodox Church