Episcopal Church in South Carolina
| Episcopal Church in South Carolina | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province IV |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 30 |
| Members | 6,387 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Episcopal |
| Cathedral | Grace Church Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Gladstone B. “Skip” Adams III (Provisional) |
| Map | |
 Location of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina |
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| Website | |
| episcopalchurchsc.org | |
The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) is a diocese of the Episcopal Church. Established in 1785, the diocese is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church. The diocese originally covered the entire state of South Carolina, but the western part of the state became the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina in 1922. The diocese now covers an area of 24 counties in the eastern part of the state. The see city is Charleston, home to Grace Church Cathedral and diocesan headquarters. The western portion of the state forms the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. As a diocese of the Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in South Carolina is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion and traces its heritage to the beginnings of Christianity.
In a 2012 schism, then-Bishop Mark Lawrence and the majority of the leaders and parishes of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina voted to withdraw from the national Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church's position is that a diocese cannot withdraw itself from the national church. It recognized those parishes and individuals that wished to remain members of the Episcopal Church as the continuing diocese under the new name "Episcopal Church in South Carolina." The Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg was consecrated as the new bishop provisional of the diocese in January 2013.
Both the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the Episcopal Church in South Carolina claim to be the legitimate successor to the pre-schism diocese, and both claim ownership of diocesan property including church buildings. On February 3, 2015, a South Carolina judge ruled that the departing diocese was legally entitled to the property and use of the name "Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina." An appeal of that decision, and other related legal proceedings, are ongoing.
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