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Episcopal Church

American Anglican denomination (1789-)
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Summary

Episcopal Church is a Christian denomination[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of christian denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,536 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: World Council of Churches[3], Anglican Communion[4], National Council of Churches[5], Conference of NGOs[6]
  • Religion or worldview: Anglicanism[7]
  • Country: United States[8]
  • Instance of: Episcopal Church[9], voluntary association[10], nonprofit organization[11]
  • Flag: flag of the Episcopal Church[12]
  • Part of: Mainline Protestantism[13], Anglicanism[14]
  • Commons category: Episcopal Church (United States)[15]
  • Inception: 1789[16]
  • Separated from: Church of England[17]
  • Official website: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Episcopal Church (United States)[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
  • Official name: The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America[21], The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America[22]
  • Native label: The Episcopal Church[23]
  • Short name: TEC[24]
  • Owner of: Edward Albert Palmer Memorial Chapel and Autry House[25]
  • Different from: American Episcopal Church[26]
  • Social media followers: 47,619[27], 47,001[28], 48,475[29], 5000[30], 47,385[31], 5510[32], 6070[33], 6720[34], 7480[35]

Why It Matters

Episcopal Church has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Inception → +1789-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Different from → American Episcopal Church
    Instance of → Christian denomination, Episcopal Church, voluntary association +1
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: episcopal-church, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289926745|episcopal church (#289926745)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
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