The community includes two archdioceses in Iraq, four in Syria, one in Egypt and Sudan, a Patriarchal Vicariate in the Holy Land, a Patriarchal Vicariate in Turkey and the Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States and Canada.

Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Diocese in the United States and Canada has nine parishes ; seven in the United States and two in Canada.

The Church has 40 dioceses, including the Diocese of the Eastern and Western United States and Canada.

In 2002, the Diocese of New Westminster, in the Anglican Church of Canada, permitted the blessing of same-sex unions.

* Auxiliary Bishop: vacant ; Robert Anthony Daniels was named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada on Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Christ Church Cathedral, in Vancouver, British Columbia, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada.

These were the Anglican Catholic Church led by Bishop Mote, the Diocese of Christ the King ( now the Anglican Province of Christ the King ) led by Bishop Morse, and the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada.

* May 8-Roman Catholic Diocese of Chatham ( later renamed Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst ( Canada )) erected

* In 1993, Victoria Matthews was elected a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto, Canada on 19 November, consecrated February 1994.

* Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church Diocese of America, Canada and Australia ( a diocese of the Bulgarian Patriarchate )

* Bishop Alexander ( Mufarrij ) of the Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada, and Upstate New York

* James Morrison ( bishop ) ( 1861 – 1950 ), bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Ontario, Canada is the seat of the Diocese of Huron of the Anglican Church of Canada.

In Canada the main trigger was the approval of the blessing of same-sex unions by the Diocese of Westminster, also in 2003.

The Diocese of New Westminster is one of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

* February 25-The Anglican Church of Canada is asked to voluntarily withdraw for the time being from the Anglican Consultative Council on account of the blessing of same-sex unions at six parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster.

The Roman Catholic parish at Akwesasne falls under three dioceses because of international and provincial borders: the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, Diocese of Valleyfield in Canada, and the Diocese of Ogdensburg in New York.

# REDIRECT Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst ( Canada )

* Diocese of Qu ' Appelle, diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada

* 1953 – Pope Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.

* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* 1808 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown ( now Louisville ) by Pope Pius VII.

* 1842 21 August – The Church of England Diocese of Gibraltar was founded by Letters Patent and took over the pastoral care of the chaplaincies and congregations from Portugal to the Caspian Sea.

* 1998 – Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $ 23. 4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje had religious leaders from diverse backgrounds, including Bosnian, Italian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Greek friars such as Giacinto Macripodari ( c. 1610 – 1672 ) who administrated from Skopje in the 17th century.

* September 27 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Požega in Croatia is founded.

* July 14, 1827 – Kingdom of Hawaii: The Diocese of Honolulu is founded.

* March 7 – The Diocese of Madrid-Alcalá is founded.

* July 14 – Kingdom of Hawaii: The Diocese of Honolulu is founded.

* April 25 – The pioneer parishes of New Orleans and Louisiana are erected as well as incorporated into the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas

* c. 545 – 546 ( approximate date ) – The Diocese of Bangor is established in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd with Deiniol consecrated as first Bishop

Cnut's possession of England's dioceses and the continental Diocese of Denmark – with a claim laid upon it by the Holy Roman Empire's Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen – was a source of great leverage within the Church, gaining notable concessions from Pope Benedict VIII, and his successor John XIX, such as one on the price of the pallium of his bishops.

* Samuel Smith Harris, ( 1841 – 1888 ), born in Autauga County, Presbyterian clergyman, founder and editor of Living Word magazine, and bishop of the Diocese of Michigan.

* John Connolly ( 1750 – 1825 ), second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York

Saint John the Baptist School is located in Tipton and is part of the Diocese of Lafayette Catholic Schools ; it is an elementary school and served 82 students during the 2009 – 2010 school year.

However, this left a large area as a Diocese to govern, and St David's began to deteriorate as the centre of the diocese, being nowhere near the centre – the Bishop ’ s residence had been at Carmarthen since the 16th century, but administration and the focus moved from the Cathedral to the Diocese ’ s now largest town.

* William Henry Bullock ( 1927 – 2011 ), catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Madison.

* Carlton Chase ( 1794 – 1870 ), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

The private Catholic schools serving Cape May are Cape Trinity Regional School ( PreK – 8 ) and Wildwood Catholic High School are located in Wildwood and serve all students from Cape May County under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.

* James Augustine McFaul ( 1850 – 1917 ), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton from 1894-1917.

* Diocese of Europe – Overseen by Bishop Mar Odisho Oraham.

* Diocese of Syria – Overseen by Bishop Mar Aprem Natniel.

* Diocese of Baghdad – Overseen by Bishop Mar Sargis Yosip.

* Diocese of Nohadra and Russia – Overseen by Bishop Mar Iskhaq Yosip.

* Diocese of the Eastern United States – Overseen by Bishop Mar Poulous Benyamin.

* Diocese of Iran – Overseen by Mar Narsai Benjamin.

* Diocese of the Western United States – Overseen by Bishop Mar Aprim Khamis.