The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (Portuguese: Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil) is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers Brazil.
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 chu...
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The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (Portuguese: Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil) is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers Brazil.
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.
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 Reverend Luiz Alberto Barbosa, who was elected at the General Synod for a three year term. The General Secretary of the Church is the Reverend Francisco de Assis da Silva, also...
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