Scottish episcopalians

Scottish Episcopal Church
Logo of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Primate	Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, as the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Polity	Episcopal
Headquarters	General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, 21 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh (Scotland) EH12 5EE
Territory	Scotland
Members	54,000 registered, 90,000 adherents in province
Website	scotland.anglican.org

54,000 registered,

The seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba) make up the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. The church has since the 18th century held an identity distinct from that of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland.

A continuation of the Church of Scotland as it was intended by James VI of Scotland and as it was for the approximately 30-year-period from the Restoration of Charles II to the re-establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland following the Glorious Revolution, the Episcopal Church of Scotland is now a member of the Anglican Communion and recognises the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury as president of the Anglican Instruments of Communion but without jurisdiction in Scotland. This close but ambivalent relationship – consisting of a partial recognition of the authority of the Church of England but a concurrent claim of independence – results from the unique history of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Scotland's third largest church, the Scottish Episcopal Church has more than 350 local congregations. According to the Mission Atlas Project, 85,000 affiliates identify with the Scottish Episcopal Church. In the 2011 Census a total of more than 100,000 residents of Scotland declared themselves to be either Episcopalians or members of another denomination of the Anglican Communion.

The current Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church is the Most Reverend Mark Strange.