Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
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The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (IEAB; Portuguese for: Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil) is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers Brazil.
[edit] Dioceses
The province consists of nine dioceses, each headed by a bishop, one of whom is elected as Bispo Primaz (Primate Bishop), currently Revmº. Bispo Dom Maurício José Araújo de Andrade (instituted on 30 July 2006, who serves as Bishop of Brasília).
The thirtieth General Synod of the church, held in July 2006, elected the current primate, elevated Amazonia as the ninth diocese of the province and agreed an experimental plan to group the dioceses and missionary districts of the province into three regions.
[edit] Women Priests
A substantial proportion of the priests of the province are women, but all the bishops are men. The president of the House of Clergy and Laity is the Rev. Luiz Alberto Barbosa, who was elected at the General Synod to a 3 years term. The General Secretary of the Church is the Rev. Francisco de Assis da Silva, also appointed at the General Synod to a 3 years term.
[edit] History
Anglican ministry in Brazil began as a number of chaplaincies catering for expatriate Anglicans in 1810. In 1889, when Brazil formalised the separation of church and state in its constitution, the Anglican chaplaincies began missionary work.
In 1893, the provincial newsletter Estandarte Cristão was first published. To this day it helps keep the widely spread Anglican congregations in touch with each other.
In 1965, the province, which had been under the metropolitan supervision of the Archbishop of Canterbury became autonomous.
[edit] Dioceses and Mission Districts
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de Brasília (DAB; Anglican Diocese of Brasilia)
- Diocesan Bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Maurício José Araújo de Andrade (who is also Bispo Primaz — Primate Bishop)
- Area covered — the Brazilian Federal District and the states of Goiás, Tocantins and the west of Minas Gerais
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de Curitiba (Anglican Diocese of Curitiba)
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de Pelotas
- Diocesan bishop — vacant
- Area covered — the town of Pelotas and surrounding costline in Rio Grande do Sul
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de Recife (Anglican Diocese of Recife)
- Diocesan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Dr Sebastião Armando Gameleira Soares
- Suffragan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Filadelfo Oliveira Neto
- Area covered — the Northeast Region
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de Rio de Janeiro (Anglican Diocese of Rio de Janeiro)
- Diocesan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Celso Franco de Oliveira
- Area covered — the states of Rio de Janeiro (state), Espírito Santo and most of Minas Gerais, where the oldest Anglican church was settled in Nova Lima.
[edit] Diocese Anglicana de São Paulo (Anglican Diocese of Sao Paulo)
[edit] Diocese Meridional (Diocese of Southern Brazil)
- Diocesan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Orlando Santos de Oliveira (who was Bispo Primaz from 2003 to 2006)
- Area covered — the coastal areas of the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, excluding that area in the Diocese of Pelotas
[edit] Diocese Sul-Ocidental (Diocese of South-Western Brazil)
- Diocesan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Jubal Pereira Neves
- Area covered — the inland areas of the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul
[edit] Diocese da Amazônia (Diocese of the Amazon)
- Created on 29 July 2006 from a previous missionary district
- Diocesan bishop — Revmº. Bispo Dom Saulo Maurício de Barros
- Area covered — the states of Pará, Amapá, Roraima, Amazonas and Acre
[edit] Distrito Missionário do Oeste (Missionary District of the West)
- Area covered — the states of Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul
[edit] External links
- Official site (Portuguese)
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