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Diocese of Mid-America

Reformed Episcopal church in the United States

Field	Value
jurisdiction	REC Diocese
name	Mid-America
rite	Anglican
image	Seal of the REC Diocese of Mid-America.png
image_size	150px
province	Anglican Church in North America
bishop	Ray Sutton
bishop_title	Bishop ordinary
suffragans	Walter Banek, Charlie Camlin
cathedral	Church of the Holy Communion, Dallas, Texas
parishes	43 (2024)
members	2,746 (2024)
website	[Diocese of Mid-America Official Website](http://www.recdma.org/REC)

The REC Diocese of Mid-America, with the Convocation of the West and Western Canada, is a Reformed Episcopal Church and an Anglican Church in North America diocese, since its foundation in 2009. The REC Diocese of Mid-America is distinct from a diocese of the same name of the Anglican Province of America, which is not affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America. It has 34 congregations, 32 in 12 American states, which are Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin, and 2 congregations in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. The Bishop Ordinary was the late Royal U. Grote, Jr., replaced upon his death by the Bishop Coadjutor, Ray R. Sutton.

History

The origin of the Diocese of Mid-America goes back to 1990, when the Reformed Episcopal Church at its General Council decided to create the Special Jurisdiction of North America (SJNA) to cover parishes located west of the Mississippi River. The original territory covered 27 states. Their first Missionary Bishop elected was Royal U. Grote Jr, who moved to Houston, Texas, in July 1991. In 1996, the merger of the Special Jurisdiction of North America with the Synod of Chicago, the oldest of the Reformed Episcopal Church, led to the creation of the Diocese of Mid-America. A portion of the Diocese of Mid-America was combined with portions of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and the Diocese of the Southeast to form the Missionary Diocese of the Central States. Another portion of the Diocese of Mid-America was also split off to help form the Diocese of the West.

The Reformed Episcopal Church took part in the Anglican realignment movement that led to the birth of the Anglican Church of North America, of which it was a founding member. The then six jurisdictions, including the Diocese of Mid-America, were in their original founding dioceses.

On 2 December 2012, the Church of the Holy Communion, in Dallas, was declared a Pro-Cathedral by Royal U. Grote, Jr.

The Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska, created in 1996, had two parishes in British Columbia, led by the Rt. Rev. Charles Dorrington, and also included the Missionary District of Cuba. Due to its small size, the diocese was extinct and incorporated in the Diocese of Mid-America, of which is now a part as the Convocation of the West and Western Canada, with Charles Dorrington as Assisting Bishop for Canada and Cuba.

List of bishops ordinary

Bishops from 1873 to 1995 were bishops of the Chicago synod; bishops from 1996 to the present were bishops of the Diocese of Mid-America.

Charles E. Cheney (1875–1916)
Samuel Fallows (1916–1922) Willard Brewing (acting bishop in charge under the REC presiding bishop, 1922–1929) Robert Livingston Rudolph (as REC presiding bishop, 1922–1930) Robert Westly Peach (as REC presiding bishop, 1930–1931)
Frank V. C. Cloak (1931–1953) Joseph E. Kearny (as REC presiding bishop, 1953–1957) Howard D. Higgins (as REC presiding bishop, 1957–1974)
Franklin Sellers (1974–1996)
Royal U. Grote, Jr. (1996–2016; ordinary of the Special Jurisdiction of North America, 1990–1996)
Ray Sutton (2016–present)

Parishes

As of 2022, the Diocese of Mid-America had 41 parishes. Notable parishes in the diocese include:

Church	Image	City	Year founded	Year completed	Notes
Mariners' Church	[[File:Old Mariner Church, Detroit.jpg	100px]]	Detroit, Michigan	1842	1849	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Living Word Reformed Episcopal Church		Courtenay, British Columbia	1877	2001	Canadian Register of Historic Places
Church of the Holy Communion	[[File:Church of the Holy Communion in North Dallas, Texas.jpg	100px]]	Dallas, Texas	1963	2006	Diocesan cathedral

References

(July 10, 2025). "What are the Largest Anglican Dioceses and Parishes?". Institute on Religion and Democracy.
"News - Reformed Episcopal Church".
"Anglican Church in North America".
(July 2019)
[http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=16929 DALLAS, TX: REC Church of the Holy Communion proclaimed a Pro Cathedral, Virtue Online Website]
[http://www.rechurch.org/dioceses.html Diocese of Mid-America at the Reformed Episcopal Church Official Website]

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