Anglican Province of Christ the King

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The Anglican Province of Christ the King is a continuing Anglican church with traditional forms both of doctrine and liturgy. It is considered one of the more Anglo-Catholic jurisdictions among Continuing Anglican church bodies.

At the founding of the Continuing Anglican Movement in 1977 at the Congress of St. Louis, a proposed constitution for the new Anglican Church in North America was put before the four existing dioceses for ratification. The two which did ratify the constitution later adopted the name Anglican Catholic Church. The two which did not ratify because of concerns that the role of the new church's bishops was overly narrow, elected to continue under the original name of the movement. One of these non-ratifying dioceses, the Diocese of the Southeastern States, dissolved within a short time, leaving only the Diocese of Christ the King under its bishop ordinary, the Rt. Rev. Robert Morse of California.

The name, Province of Christ the King, was adopted as the church exanded to become a nationwide jurisdiction spanning the United States. More recently, the Province became known as the Anglican Province of Christ the King. At present the APCK has over fifty parishes, five dioceses organized geographically, and one seminary.

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