The American victory in the Revolutionary War necessitated the creation of this denomination, as its clergy were no longer willing to swear fealty [FEE-uhl-tee] to the English monarch.
On November 1, 2015, the Reverend Michael Curry was installed as the first African-American presiding bishop of this US denomination. Curry follows Katherine Schori, who in 2006 became the first female presiding bishop of this fairly liberal denomination, which consecrated its first gay bishop in 2003. The American victory in the Revolutionary War necessitated the creation of this denomination, as its clergy were no longer willing to swear fealty [FEE-uhl-tee] to the English monarch. FTP name this Christian denomination that is part of the Anglican Union, the name of which refers to a church structure that puts the "E" in African-American AME churches?
On November 1, 2015, the Reverend Michael Curry was installed as the first African-American presiding bishop of this US denomination.
Episcopal Church or Episcopalians