News & Communiqués

From across the Province.

Pastoral letters, episcopal communiqués, and notices of moment from the life of the Anglican Province of North America.

Bishop Brent Whetstone preaching at the ordination of Fr. Liam Helms to the Sacred Priesthood

Featured · Ordination

"We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, as [England], as I trust shall never be put out."

Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood

June 2026

Anglican Province of North America Celebrates the Ordination of the Rev. Liam Helms to the Sacred Priesthood

The Anglican Province of North America joins with the Anglican Ordinariate of Saint George in giving thanks to Almighty God for the ordination of The Rev. Liam Helms to the Sacred Order of Priests.

Volunteers from the Anglican Mission of Lake Erie serving at the Red Door Café in Youngstown

Featured · Outreach

"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. — Galatians 6:2"

Red Door Café · Saint John's, Youngstown

June 2026

Province Members of the Ordinariate of Saint George Continue Partnership with Youngstown's Red Door Café

Members of the Anglican Mission of Lake Erie, part of the Ordinariate of Saint George within the Anglican Province of North America, once again partnered this year with our friends at Saint John's in Youngstown for their weekly Red Door Café outreach ministry.

Major General Trent Davis with The Rev. Canon Liam M. Helms at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Legacy of Faith Luncheon

Featured · Chaplaincy

"A renewed appreciation for the sacred vocation of chaplaincy."

Maj. Gen. Trent Davis with Canon Helms

May 2026

The Rev. Canon Liam M. Helms Attends Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Legacy of Faith Luncheon

The Anglican Province of North America is pleased to share that The Rev. Canon Liam M. Helms, Canon to the Ordinary for the Ordinariate of Saint George for Chaplaincy, recently had the distinct honor of joining the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Chaplain Corps for their annual Legacy of Faith Luncheon.

From the record of the Communion

Pastoral Letter

On Holding Fast: A Letter from the Primate

Dearly beloved in the Risen Christ — six years have passed since the Communion was tried by division for the sake of the faith once delivered, and the Lord has kept His Church…

Eastertide, 2026

Primatial Succession

Archbishop Raul Toro, Jr. takes up the primatial office

Following the ministry of Archbishop Ronald Lee Firestone, the House of Bishops welcomes Archbishop Toro as the Communion's Primate.

2022

Communiqué

On the maintenance of orthodox faith and order

A statement from the bishops of the Communion concerning the events of 2020 and the Communion's continuing commitment to the historic Anglican settlement…

2020

Primatial Succession

Primatial leadership returns to the United Kingdom

Archbishop Richard Arthur Palmer is installed as Primate, marking the return of the primatial office to the British Isles after nearly four decades in the Americas…

2015

Synodical

The name 'Anglican Free Communion' is adopted

At the synod of bishops gathered in Bolivia, the Communion adopts her present name in continuity with the Free Protestant Episcopal Church of 1897…

2012

Reconciliation

Reunion of the Communion after thirty years of separation

Bishop Peter Leers dissolves The International Free Protestant Episcopal Church, healing the schism of 1978 and restoring the Communion to one body under one Primate…

2011

Foundation

On the Second of November: the Communion is constituted

By the union of the Free Protestant Church of England, the Ancient British Church, and the Nazarene Episcopal Church, the Free Protestant Episcopal Church is established…

1897