Orthodox Anglican Communion
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The Orthodox Anglican Communion was established in 1967 as a self-governing worldwide fellowship of national churches in the Anglican tradition. The Orthodox Anglican Communion was one of the first such communions to be formed outside of the See of Canterbury and therefore is not part of the Anglican Communion. The Orthodox Anglican Communion adheres to the doctrine, discipline and worship contained in the classic Anglican formularies, especially in the 1662 English, 1928 American, 1929 Scottish and 1962 Canadian Books of Common Prayer. The presiding bishop of the American branch of the communion, known in the U.S. as the Orthodox Anglican Church, serves as metropolitan of the global communion. The current metropolitan is the Most Reverend Scott Earle McLaughlin. He is the fourth archbishop to serve as head of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. The communion currently has branches in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Clergy in the United States and Europe are trained at Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary. The apostolic orders of the communion are Anglican, Old Catholic and Orthodox in origin.
