Parishes 35 Bishop Felix Orji | Rite Anglican | |
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America/Convocation of Anglicans in North America Cathedral Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Francis, El Paso | ||
The Missionary Diocese of CANA West (or CANA West) is a missionary diocese of the Anglican Church in North America and one of the four missionary dioceses of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, which was founded in 2005. As such, it is a dual church body of the ACNA and the Church of Nigeria in the United States. It comprises 35 parishes in 11 American states, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Washington and in 3 Canadian provinces, Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The state with most parishes is Texas, with 14
The diocesan office and the Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Francis are both located in El Paso, Texas. The first bishop is Nigerian-born Felix Orji.
History
CANA West was launched as a diocese-in-formation of the ACNA in June 2012 and achieved full diocesan status at the 5th Provincial Council held at Nashotah House, Nashotah, Wisconsin, from 16-18 June 2013. The first diocesan synod was held from 15-17 August 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. The diocese is widespread across a large part of the United States and one of his main purposes his church planting.