Episcopal Church in the Philippines

Ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion

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Episcopal Church in the Philippines

Seal of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines

Abbreviation| ECP
Type| Western Christian
Classification| Protestant (Mainline)
Orientation| Anglican, Anglo-Catholic
Scripture| Holy Bible
Theology| Anglican doctrine
Polity| Episcopal
Prime Bishop| Brent Harry Alawas
Associations| Anglican Communion
National Council of Churches in the Philippines
Christian Conference of Asia
World Council of Churches
Full communion| Philippine Independent Church
Region| Philippines
Headquarters| Cathedral Heights, New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines
Origin| 1901 (as the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands)
Independence| 1990
Branched from| The Episcopal Church in the United States
Members| 125,000 [1]
Tertiary institutions| Trinity University of Asia Easter College Incorporated
Seminaries| St. Andrew's Theological Seminary
Official website| www.ecphilippines.org

The Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP; Tagalog: Simbahang Episkopal sa Pilipinas) is a province of the Anglican Communion comprising the country of the Philippines. It was established by the Episcopal Church of the United States (Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America) in 1901 by American missionaries led by Charles Henry Brent, who served as the first resident bishop, when the Philippines was opened to Protestant American missionaries. It became an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion on May 1, 1990.

At present, the Episcopal Church has seven dioceses. Under Rev. Charles Henry Brent of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, it was responsible for founding and overseeing institutions such as St. Luke's Medical Center, Brent International School, St. Stephen's High School, and Trinity University of Asia. Its principal ministerial training institution is St. Andrew's Theological Seminary. The current Prime Bishop is Brent Harry Alawas, serving until March 2025 when he will be succeeded by Nestor Poltic.[2][3] Its national headquarters is the Cathedral Heights, New Manila, Quezon City.

The Church is in a concordat of full communion with the Philippine Independent Church and is a member of both the Christian Conference of Asia and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.

## History

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### Military chaplaincy and church for expatriates

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The emblem of the Anglican/Episcopal Church in the Philippines when it was still a missionary province under the Episcopal Church in the United States

When the Philippines was ceded to the United States from Spain in 1898, the Philippine islands was opened to Protestant American missions. A comity agreement was created between Protestant sects to divide the islands. The Protestant Episcopalians and Seventh-day Adventists did not join the agreement because they wanted to go elsewhere in the Philippines.

The Episcopal Church in the Philippines virtually began with the first Episcopal worship service conducted in the Philippines by the Rev. Charles Pierce, an Episcopal Church chaplain of the U.S. Armed Forces that occupied Manila in 1898. This service was conducted on September 4, 1898, for the Americans and other English-speaking residents in Manila. The first Episcopal Church worship service conducted for Filipinos took place on December 25, 1898, Christmas Day.

The Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John in Manila (1923), before it was destroyed in World War II

In April 1899, Hugh Nethercott and James Smiley of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew arrived to assist the American chaplains in their work. In September 1899, Frederick R. Graves, who was then serving as the Bishop of Shanghai in China, visited Manila. Appointed to oversee American church work in the Philippines and later, bishop-in-charge, he held worship services in the home of a British couple. He confirmed five English-speaking persons and advised his congregation to build a church. He also received the first seven Filipinos into the Episcopal Church.

The first baptisms in Manila were performed in 1900 by U.S. Army Chaplain John Marvine when he baptized three Amoy-speaking nationals and 12 more by the end of the year. These baptisms formally started Episcopal mission work among the Chinese in Manila.

### As a missionary district of PECUSA

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Rev. Gouverneur Frank Mosher, the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines from 1920 to 1941

From being a mere outreach chaplaincy of the Episcopal Church chaplains of the U.S. occupation armed forces in the Philippines. Temporarily placed under the oversight of Bishop Frederick Graves, it was officially created as the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (PECUSA) by the PECUSA General Convention held in San Francisco on October 4–11, 1901. The same convention elected the Rev. Charles Henry Brent as bishop. In December 1901, Brent was consecrated and became the first bishop of the Missionary District under the jurisdiction of PECUSA. His successor, Gouverneur Frank Mosher, served from 1920 to 1941.

From October 11, 1901, when the church was officially established in the Philippines, it took the church almost 36 years to produce its first Filipino clergymen with the ordination of Eduardo Longid, Albert Masferre, and Mark Suluen to the Sacred Order of Deacons on January 25, 1937. It took another 22 years to produce the first Filipino Episcopal bishop with the consecration of Benito C. Cabanban as Suffragan Bishop on February 24, 1959.

### Philippine Episcopal Church

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The interior of the modern National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint John

In October 1937, the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands was renamed the Philippine Episcopal Church (PEC) through the action of the House of Bishops of PECUSA's Cincinnati General Convention. This signified a change in status of the Philippine Church from that of a missionary district to a ‘diocese’ under PECUSA. Thirty-four years later (in October 1971), PECUSA granted the PEC request to divide the lone diocese into three dioceses – the Dioceses of Central, Northern, and Southern Philippines. Each had a Filipino diocesan bishop – Bishop Cabanban, Bishop Eduardo Longid, and Bishop Constancio Manguramas, respectively.

With three dioceses, the PEC was organized and operated like a church province in the Anglican Communion. However, unlike the other church provinces, the PEC did not have a Metropolitan Authority because it was still under the jurisdiction of PECUSA. The three dioceses were considered dioceses of both the PEC and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. (ECUSA).

As a diocese, the PEC had its own constitution and canons, national council, national biennial convention, House of Bishops, and National Office, among others.

### Full autonomy

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On May 1, 1990, the PEC was officially separated from ECUSA and inaugurated as an autonomous church taking its place as a church province in the Anglican Communion with the name Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP).

The Cathedral of the Resurrection in Baguio.

When the church had been admitted as a missionary district, its first missionary bishop, Charles Henry Brent, unlike other Protestant missionaries, had no intention of converting Filipino Roman Catholics to Anglicanism. As a consequence, his missionary focus was in those parts of the islands that had not previously been evangelised, in particular, in the mountain provinces and in Mindanao. In Manila missionary work was also done among the non-Christian Chinese community. In Manila Bishop Brent felt his ministry to the American community should be his main focus. He wrote: “From every point of view, the most important part of our work is among Americans and other English-speaking people.” One of the first things he did was to build a cathedral in downtown Manila, the Cathedral of St. Mary & St. John, which was destroyed during World War II and later rebuilt in Quezon City. It was at that time that part of the Cathedral congregation formed the Church of the Holy Trinity, now located in the upscale village of Forbes Park, Makati. Holy Trinity's priest or rector from its beginning had always been an expatriate and its congregation was for the most part of expatriates; in recent years this has changed considerably and at the present it is an even mixture of Chinese Filipino, American/European and Filipino.

St. Luke's Hospital in Manila (1923)

For the physical health needs of his constituency, Brent also established St. Luke's Hospital (initially named University Hospital, now known as St. Luke's Medical Center). He also endorsed and supported the establishment of St. Luke's Nursing Training School (now St. Luke's-Trinity College of Nursing) to answer the need for well-trained nurses to serve the hospital.

Baguio School for boys in 1923

For the educational needs and in response to requests from the American parents for a boarding school for their children, Bishop Brent founded a school in Baguio for American boys. First called the Baguio School and later Brent School, this school is now known as Brent International School-Baguio. It is one of four Brent International Schools under the umbrella of a mother corporation called Brent International Schools Inc. The others are Brent International School-Manila/Biñan, BIS-Subic, and BIS-Boracay. In addition to children of expatriates, a large number, if not the majority, of enrollees in the Brent Schools are Filipinos from well-to-do families.

With regard to starting missionary work and establishing a church for and among the unchurched, Bishop Brent was against proselytization. Having observed the extensive work of the Roman Catholic Church in the islands, he decided not to “put up an altar over and against another altar”. He adopted a policy of “non-interference under ordinary circumstances with the adherents of other churches”. Along this line, he decided to concentrate the mission work of the newly established church on the Americans and white Europeans in the country as well as on those geographic areas where there were non-Christians or where the unchurched were not being served by any church.

Church of the Holy Trinity in Zamboanga City, 1923

At that time, most non-Christians in the Philippines were migrant Chinese in Manila, indigenous peoples in the North and in the South as well the Muslims in Mindanao. The "pagan natives" of the north and of the south and the Muslims, living in communities in mountain jungles, had fought against the subjugation and rule of the colonial Spanish regime and had not effectively fallen under the rule and governance of Spain. It was to these people and communities that this church went to seek its members through conversions and baptisms.

The church succeeded in its mission and evangelism work among the indigenous people but failed among the Muslims. It converted only five young Muslims girls by uprooting these girls from their communities in Mindanao and bringing them to the Cordillera in the north, where they lived and grew with the missionaries in Christian communities. They were educated, got married, and settled in the Cordillera and did not go back to their Muslim roots in the South.

St. Stephen's Church in Manila for Chinese Filipinos in 1923

Bishop Brent's policy of not putting an altar against another altar and the initial and subsequent concentration of missionary work on areas inhabited by non-Christians explains why most of the members of the ECP are predominantly from tribal communities. This also explains why the ECP's work is concentrated in the northern and southern regions of the country. In like manner, it explains why it took almost four decades for this Church to produce its first Filipino clergymen and more than half-a-century to produce its first Filipino bishop, all of whom were from tribal communities. It was this Church that introduced literacy among these people and communities. It was this Church that first established schools, hospitals, clinics and roads in these oft-neglected communities. In time, the government was able to establish public schools, hospitals, and rural health centers for these communities. As a result, this Church phased out some of its schools and clinics in favor of the government providing such basic services needed by these communities.

## Doctrine and practice

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The Episcopal Church in the Philippines maintains the historic threefold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons. A local variant of the Book of Common Prayer is used.

## Structure

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### Prime Bishop

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The Episcopal Church in the Philippines is headed by the Prime Bishop of the Philippines, serving as both primate and metropolitan archbishop of the entire church. The post was created in 1969 as a metropolitan role under the primacy of the Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church, and took on the additional role of Primate when the province gained autonomy in 1990.

Contrary to common Anglican practice, but like the Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church and previously the Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church, the Prime Bishop is not a diocesan bishop.

Name | Church | Position | Birth | Death | Age

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Benito C. Cabanban | Philippine Episcopal Church | Presiding Bishop (1967–1978) | 1911 | 1990 | 78 years
Constancio Buanda Manguramas | Philippine Episcopal Church | Presiding Bishop (1978–1982) | 1933 | 2020 | 86 years
Richard Abelardo Abellon | Philippine Episcopal Church | Presiding Bishop (1982–1986) | 1924 | 2008 | 83 years
Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (1990–1993)
Manuel Capuyan Lumpias | Philippine Episcopal Church | Presiding Bishop (1986–1990) | 1930 | 2021 | 91 years
Narciso Valentin Ticobay | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (1993–1997) | 1932 | 2013 | 81 years
Ignacio Capuyan Soliba | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (1997–2009) | 1944 | 2016 | 72 years
Edward Pacyaya Malecdan | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (2009–2014) | 1949 | 2018 | 69 years
Renato Mag-gay Abibico | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (2014–2017) | 1951 | Alive | 73 years+
Joel Atiwag Pachao | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (2017–2021) | 1956 | Alive | 67 years+
Brent Harry Wanas Alawas | Episcopal Church in the Philippines | Prime Bishop (2021 – present) | 1957 | Alive | 67 years+

### Dioceses and Bishops

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There are currently seven (7) dioceses within the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.

List of Diocesan Bishops with respective dioceses  Diocese  | See | Name | Position | Consecrated | Birth | Death | Age

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Central Philippines | Quezon City | Benito C. Cabanban | Diocesan Bishop (1972-1978)  | 1959.02.02 | 1911 | 1990 | 78 years
Manuel Capuyan Lumpias | Diocesan Bishop (1978-1996)  | 1977.09 (as Suffragan Bishop) | 1930 | 2021 | 91 years
Benjamin Gayno Botengan | Diocesan Bishop (1996-2003)  | 1996.05.26 | 1938 | alive | 85 years+
Dixie Copanut Taclobao | Diocesan Bishop (2017-2021)  | 2003.02.04 | 1955 | Alive | 69 years+
Rex Resurrection Bete Reyes Jr. | Diocesan Bishop (2018-2024) | 2018.08.06 | 1959 | Alive | 65 years+
James Ngala Boliget | Diocesan Bishop (2024-present) | 2024.07.26 | 1967 | Alive | 55 years+
Northern Philippines | Bontoc, Mountain Province | Edward Gaudan Longid | Diocesan Bishop (1972-1975)  | 1963.02.24 | 1911 | 1990 | 78 years
Richard Abelardo Abellon | Diocesan Bishop (1978-1996) | 1975.01 | 1924 | 2008 | 84 years
Robert Lee Omegan Longid | Suffragan Bishop (1983-1986)
Diocesan Bishop (1986-1996†) | 1983.12.29 | 1935 | 1996 | 60 years
Miguel Paredes Yamoyam | Suffragan Bishop (1994-2013) | 1994.10.28 | 1948 | 2013 | 64 years
Edward Pacyaya Malecdan | Diocesan Bishop (1997-2009*) | 1997.12.10 | 1949 | 2018  | 69 years
Brent Harry Wanas Alawas | Diocesan Bishop (2009-2021*) | 2009.10.28 | 1957 | alive | 67 years+
Benny Pil-eyen Lang-akan | Diocesan Bishop (2022-present) | 2022.09.14 | 1968 | Alive | 56 years+
Southern Philippines | Cotabato City | Constancio Buanda Manguramas | Diocesan Bishop (1972-1982) | 1969.01.25 | 1933 | 2020 | 86 years
Richard Abelardo Abellon | Diocesan Bishop (1982-1986) | 1975.01 | 1924 | 2008 | 84 years
Narciso Valentin Ticobay | Diocesan Bishop (1986-1993*) | 1986.07.27 | 1932 | 2013 | 81 years
James Buanda Manguramas | Diocesan Bishop (1993-2003) | 1993.09.14 | 1938 | 2021 | 82 years
Danilo Labacanacruz Bustamante | Diocesan Bishop (2003-2019) | 2003.10.28 | 1953 | alive | 71 years+
Ernie Martin Moral | Diocesan Bishop (2019-present) | 2019.08.05 | 1972 | Alive | 52 years+
Northern Luzon | Bulanao, Tabuk, Kalinga | Richard Abelardo Abellon | Diocesan Bishop (1986-1990*) | 1975.01 | 1924 | 2008 | 84 years
Ignacio Capuyan Soliba | Diocesan Bishop (1991-1997*) | 1991.05.26 | 1944 | 2016 | 72 years
Renato Mag-gay Abibico | Diocesan Bishop (1997-2014*) | 1997.04 | 1951 | alive | 73 years+
Esteban G. Sabawil | Diocesan Bishop (2015-2017) | 2015.10 | 1956 | 2017 | 61 years
Hilary Ayban Pasikan Jr. | Diocesan Bishop (2018-present) | 2017.09.22 | 1973 | Alive | 51 years+
North Central | Baguio | Artemoio Masweng Zabala | Diocesan Bishop (1989-1992) | 1989.02 | 1938 | alive | 86 years+
Joel Atiwag Pachao | Diocesan Bishop (1993-2017) | 1993.03.25 | 1956 | alive | 68 years+
Nestor Dagas Poltic Sr. | Diocesan Bishop (2018-present)[a] | 2018.05.01 | 1967 | alive | 57 years+
Santiago | Santiago City in Isabela | Alexander Arsay Wandag Sr. | Diocesan Bishop (2001-2017) | 2001.04.25 | 1955 | alive | 69 years+
Frenzel Ray Pandako Piluden | Diocesan Bishop (2018-present) | 2018.04.25 | 1966 | alive | 58 years+
Davao | Davao City | Jonathan Labasan Casimina | Diocesan Bishop (2012-2018) | 2012.11.29 | 1966 | alive | 58 years+

An eighth diocese in the Visayas is also being contemplated, starting with the new congregation in Cebu.[4][5]

## Gallery

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* St. Andrew's Theological Seminary

* St. Andrew's Theological Seminary Chapel

* Saint Luke's Episcopal Cathedral (Quezon City)

* Historical marker of Seminary Chapel

* Historical marker of Concordat between the ECP and Iglesia Filipina Independiente

* National Office

* St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church in Talisay City, Cebu

* Holy Trinity Church, Forbes Park, Makati

## Notes

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1. ^ Elected Prime Bishop in May 2024

## References

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1. ^ "Episcopal Church in the Philippines". World Council of Churches website. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
2. ^ "Episcopal Church in the Philippines elects Poltic as next prime bishop". Rappler. May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
3. ^ Alawas, Brent (September 2, 2024). "𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣'𝗦 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟮𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗫𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟". Episcopal Church of the Philippines. Retrieved September 17, 2024. "Finally, let me inform this Council that the bishops have set the installation of the Prime-Bishop Elect on March 12, 2025. We pray for God's guidance as we go into a smooth and fruitful leadership transition."
4. ^ Sapaen, Paul (December 4, 2022). "TEXT: Brothers and sisters in the faith. The St. James the Apostle Church in Talisay City is the only Episcopal Church in the province of Cebu. /". Facebook. EDNP Facebook Group. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
5. ^ Lalwet, Floyd (August 14, 2022). "TEXT: ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CEBU IS ON THE RISE /". Facebook. EDNP Facebook Group. Retrieved December 24, 2022.

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* Evangelical Church of Cameroon
* Evangelical Church of Congo
* Evangelical Church of Gabon
* Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa
* Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo
* Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola
* Lesotho Evangelical Church
* Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
* Presbyterian Church in Rwanda
* Presbyterian Church of Africa
* Presbyterian Church of Cameroon
* Presbyterian Church of East Africa
* Presbyterian Church of Ghana
* Presbyterian Church in Liberia
* Presbyterian Church of Mozambique
* Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
* Presbyterian Church of South Sudan
* Protestant Church of Algeria
* Reformed Church in Zambia
* Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
* Reformed Church of Christ for Nations
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea

Asia|

* Central Sulawesi Christian Church
* Christian Church of Sumba
* Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa
* Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud
* Church of Christ in Thailand
* Church of North India
* Church of Pakistan
* Church of South India
* East Java Christian Church
* Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran
* Evangelical Church in Kalimantan
* Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
* Indonesian Christian Church Synod
* Javanese Christian Churches
* Karo Batak Protestant Church
* Korean Christian Church in Japan
* Mara Evangelical Church
* National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
* Pasundan Christian Church
* Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
* Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
* Presbyterian Church of Korea
* Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
* Protestant Christian Church in Bali
* Protestant Church in Indonesia
* Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi
* Protestant Church in the Moluccas
* Protestant Church in Western Indonesia
* Protestant Church in East Timor
* Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor
* Toraja Church

Europe|

* Church of Scotland
* Czechoslovak Hussite Church
* Dutch Reformed Church
* Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
* Evangelical Church of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions in Austria
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal
* Greek Evangelical Church
* Presbyterian Church of Wales
* Protestant Church in Germany
* Church of Lippe
* Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany

* Protestant Church in the Netherlands
* Protestant Church of Switzerland
* Reformed Christian Church in Serbia
* Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia
* Reformed Church in Hungary
* Reformed Church in Romania
* Remonstrant Brotherhood
* Spanish Evangelical Church

North America|

* Hungarian Reformed Church in America
* Presbyterian Church in Canada
* Presbyterian Church (USA)
* Reformed Church in America

Latin America|

* Evangelical Church of the River Plate
* Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
* Presbyterian Church of Colombia
* Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago
* Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba

Oceania|

* Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
* Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
* Congregational Christian Church of Niue
* Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu
* Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
* Kiribati Uniting Church
* Maohi Protestant Church
* Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
* Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu

United christianity

Africa|

* United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
* United Church of Zambia
* United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
* Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
* Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

Asia|

* China Christian Council
* Church of Bangladesh
* Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
* United Church of Christ in Japan
* United Church of Christ in the Philippines

Europe|

* Protestant Church in Germany
* Bremen
* Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz
* Rhineland
* Anhalt
* Kurhessen-Waldeck
* Palatinate
* Westphalia
* Baden
* Hesse and Nassau
* Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
* Union of Welsh Independents
* United Free Church of Scotland
* United Protestant Church in Belgium
* United Protestant Church of France
* Uniting Church in Sweden
* Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches

North America|

* International Council of Community Churches
* United Church of Canada
* United Church of Christ

Latin America|

* United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
* United Presbyterian Church of Brazil
* United Protestant Church of Curaçao

Oceania|

* United Church in Papua New Guinea
* United Church in the Solomon Islands
* United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands
* Uniting Church in Australia

Africa
AACC
OAIC
Asia
CCA
NCCA
NCCP
MECC
PCC
Europe
CEC
CCCAAE
Latin America
CCC
LACC
North America
CCE
NCC

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Christianity in the Philippines

Denominations

Protestant|

| Mainline|

* Episcopal Church in the Philippines
* Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas
* Lutheran Church in the Philippines
* Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
* The Salvation Army
* Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo
* United Church of Christ in the Philippines
* United Methodist Church

|

Evangelical|

* Assemblies of God
* Baptist Bible Fellowship International
* Baptist Conference of the Philippines
* Cathedral of Praise
* Charismatic Episcopal Church
* Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines
* Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines
* Church of the Foursquare Gospel
* Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
* Jesus Is Lord
* Jesus Miracle Crusade
* Jireh Evangel Church Planting Philippines Inc.
* Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)
* Victory Christian Fellowship

Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

Catholic|

* Roman Catholic

Independent Catholic|

* Apostolic Catholic Church
* Philippine Independent Church

Eastern Orthodox|

* Greek
* Antiochian
* Russian
* PESEA
* ROCOR

Unitarian|

* Iglesia ni Cristo

Nontrinitarian|

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Members Church of God International
* Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name above Every Name

Interdenominational
organisations|

* National Council of Churches in the Philippines
* Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches

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Religion in the Philippines

Christianity
(denominations)|

| Catholic|

* Catholic Church

Independent Catholic|

* Apostolic Catholic Church
* Philippine Independent Church

Eastern Orthodox|

| Philippine Orthodox Church|

* Patriarchate of Antioch
* Patriarchate of Constantinople
* Patriarchate of Moscow (PESEA · ROCOR)

|

Protestant|

| Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

|

Evangelical|

* Baptist Bible Fellowship International
* Bastion of Truth Reformed Churches in the Philippines
* Bread of Life Ministries International
* Christ's Commission Fellowship
* Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines
* Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines
* Day by Day Christian Ministries
* Destiny Church
* Philippine Chinese Baptist Convention
* Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
* Victory Christian Fellowship

Pentecostal|

* Cathedral of Praise
* Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines
* Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide
* Jesus Miracle Crusade
* Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)
* Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God

Mainline|

* Charismatic Episcopal Church
* Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
* Episcopal Church in the Philippines
* Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands
* Lutheran Church in the Philippines
* The Salvation Army
* Unida Church
* United Church of Christ in the Philippines
* United Methodist Church

Nontrinitarian|

* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Kingdom of Jesus Christ
* Members Church of God International
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* The Church of Almighty God

Unitarian|

* Iglesia ni Cristo

Non-Christian
monotheism|

* Bahá'í Faith
* Islam
* Judaism

Ethnic/Folk|

* Indigenous Philippine folk religions
* Pulahan
* Bell Church
* Rizalistas
* Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi

Dharmic|

* Buddhism
* Hinduism

Others|

* Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association
* Unión Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc.

Irreligion|

* Atheism, Agnosticism and other forms of Irreligion

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Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I (New England)|

* Connecticut
* Maine
* Massachusetts
* New Hampshire
* Rhode Island
* Vermont
* Western Massachusetts

Province II (Atlantic)|

* Albany
* Central New York
* Cuba
* Europe
* Haiti
* Long Island
* New Jersey
* New York
* Newark
* Puerto Rico
* Rochester
* Virgin Islands
* Western New York

Province III (Washington)|

* Bethlehem
* Central Pennsylvania
* Delaware
* Easton
* Maryland
* Northwestern Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh
* Southern Virginia
* Southwestern Virginia
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia

Province IV (Sewanee)|

* Alabama
* Atlanta
* Central Florida
* Central Gulf Coast
* East Carolina
* East Tennessee
* Florida
* Georgia
* Kentucky
* Lexington
* Louisiana
* Mississippi
* North Carolina
* South Carolina
* Southeast Florida
* Southwest Florida
* Tennessee
* Upper South Carolina
* West Tennessee
* Western North Carolina

Province V (Midwest)|

* Chicago
* Great Lakes
* Indianapolis
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northern Indiana
* Northern Michigan
* Ohio
* Southern Ohio
* Springfield
* Wisconsin

Province VI (Northwest)|

* Colorado
* Iowa
* Minnesota
* Montana
* Nebraska
* North Dakota
* South Dakota
* Wyoming

Province VII (Southwest)|

* Arkansas
* Dallas
* Kansas
* Northwest Texas
* Oklahoma
* Rio Grande
* Texas
* West Missouri
* West Texas
* Western Kansas
* Western Louisiana

Province VIII (Pacific)|

* Alaska
* Arizona
* California
* Eastern Oregon
* El Camino Real
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Los Angeles
* Navajoland
* Nevada
* Northern California
* Olympia
* Oregon
* San Diego
* San Joaquin
* Spokane
* Taiwan
* Utah

Province IX (Lat. Am., Carib.)|

* Colombia
* Dominican Republic
* Central Ecuador
* Litoral Ecuador
* Honduras
* Venezuela

Other dioceses|

* Armed Services and Federal Ministries

Former jurisdictions|

* Central America
* Duluth
* Eastern Diocese
* Eastern Michigan
* Eau Claire
* Fond du Lac
* Mexico
* Micronesia
* North Texas
* Philippines
* Quincy
* South Florida
* Western Colorado
* Western Michigan
* Western Nebraska

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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