Convocation of Anglicans in North America
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United States
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primarily comprising Anglican and Episcopal
Anglican Communion
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churches that have disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). CANA was initially a missionary initiative of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. It has joined with several other organizations in the formation of the Anglican Church in North America. It is headquartered at Church of the Epiphany in Herndon, Virginia.
Leadership
In June 2006, the Reverend Martyn MinnsMartyn Minns
The Right Reverend Martyn Minns is the Missionary Bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America . Prior to becoming bishop, he served as rector of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, in the United States.-Background:...
, then the rector of Truro Church
Truro Parish
Truro Church is an Anglican church in Fairfax, Virginia, US.-History of Truro Church:The original Truro Parish was created by the General Assembly of Virginia on November 1, 1732 when Hamilton Parish was divided along the Occoquan River and Bull Run...
in Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia
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, was elected by the Anglican Church of Nigeria as the Missionary Bishop for CANA. Minns was consecrated in Abuja, Nigeria in August 2006 and installed as Missionary Bishop in May 2007.
In March 2007, the Right Reverend David J. Bena, retired from his post as the Suffragan Bishop
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany
Episcopal Diocese of Albany
The Episcopal Diocese of Albany is part of Province 2 of the Episcopal Church.-History:The Church of Englandarrived in 1674 with a chaplain assigned to the British military garrison at Albany, New York. In 1704 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel sent two missionaries to the Mohawk...
, became the Suffragan Bishop for CANA.
Core Values
CANA Today
CANA reports that it has grown since being founded in 2005.- 70 congregations
- 150 clergy
- 21 States and the District of Columbia
- numerous church plants in development
- ethnically and racially diverse
Ecumenical relations
In October 2009, CANA's leadership reacted to the Catholic Church's proposed creation of personal ordinariatePersonal Ordinariate
A personal ordinariate is a canonical structure within the Catholic Church enabling former Anglicans to maintain some degree of corporate identity and autonomy with regard to the bishops of the geographical dioceses of the Catholic Church and to preserve elements of their distinctive Anglican...
s for disaffected traditionalist Anglicans by saying that this provision would probably not have a great impact on the majority of its largely Low Church
Low church
Low church is a term of distinction in the Church of England or other Anglican churches initially designed to be pejorative. During the series of doctrinal and ecclesiastic challenges to the established church in the 16th and 17th centuries, commentators and others began to refer to those groups...
affiliated laity and clergy, who are already pastorally satisfied with the current Anglican realignment
Anglican realignment
The term Anglican realignment refers to a movement among some Anglicans to align themselves under new or alternative oversight within or outside the Anglican Communion. This movement is primarily active in parts of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada...
movement.