Diocese of Southwest Florida: St. Dunstans Departs TEC, Joins ACNA

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Date: September 13, 2009
Release: 2009-01
Contact: The Rev. Oscar P. Seara - (727) 421-1289

LARGO, FL – By a vote of 174 to 13, the membership of St. Dunstan’s Church today voted to sever its ties with The Episcopal Church and affiliate with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) as a parish within the Anglican Diocese of Quincy, Ill. The vote took place during a special meeting convened following regularly scheduled church services today.

The ACNA unites some 100,000 Anglicans in 700 parishes into a single church. Jurisdictions which have joined together to form the 28 dioceses and dioceses-in-formation of the Anglican Church in North America include four former Episcopal dioceses (the dioceses of Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Quincy and San Joaquin); the Anglican Mission in the Americas; the Convocation of Anglicans in North America; the Anglican Network in Canada; the Anglican Coalition in Canada; the Reformed Episcopal Church; and the missionary initiatives of Kenya, Uganda, and South America’s Southern Cone. Additionally, the American Anglican Council and Forward in Faith North America are founding organizations. The ACNA is headed by the Archbishop Robert Duncan, Archbishop and Primate.

Media representatives wishing to interview the Rector of St. Dunstan’s, the Rev. A. Edward Sellers, are asked to contact the Rev. Oscar Seara at the number listed above or via e-mail at FrSeara@YMail.com.