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Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan

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Congregations
  
13 (2014)

Country
  
Taiwan

Bishop
  
David Jung-Hsin Lai

Phone
  
+886 2 2341 1265

Number of members
  
1,221

Cathedral
  
St. John's Cathedral

Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan

Rite
  
Episcopal Church of the United States

Address
  
No. 7, Lane 105, Section 1, Hangzhou S Rd, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan 100

Ecclesiastical province
  
Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Similar
  
Grace Baptist Church, Ministry of the Interior, Chi‑Nan Presbyter Church, 民生東路聖若望鮑思高天主堂, 台北基督徒南京東路禮拜堂

The Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan (臺灣聖公會) is the Anglican diocese in Taiwan and a member diocese of the Episcopal Church of the United States. It was established in 1954, five years after Chinese Episcopalians fled from mainland China to Taiwan following the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.

Contents

It is a diocese of Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Parishes

Parishes of the diocese:

Bishops

  1. Harry S. Kennedy (1954–1960; Chinese: 甘納德主教)
    * Charles P. Gilson (1961–1964; Chinese: 吉爾生主教) (Suffragan)
  2. James C. L. Wong (1965–1970; Chinese: 王長齡主教)
  3. James Pong (1971–1979; Chinese: 龐德明主教)
  4. Pui-Yeung Cheung (1980–1987; Chinese: 張培揚主教)
  5. John C. T. Chien (1988–2001; Chinese: 簡啟聰主教)
  6. David Jung-Hsin Lai (2001–present; Chinese: 賴榮信主教)

References

Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan Wikipedia