I begin my survey with the easiest – because the web sites are detailed and kept up to date. The Americans are great with computer technology and use it to great effect. Those who are not good with computers find people who are to do the job. So the first port of call is the ACA website. In it we find the page of dioceses. There are four dioceses in the USA, and a fifth in Puerto Rico, which is American territory. Three of these dioceses have Bishops Ordinary, and two are under temporary dispositions.

The Diocese of the North-East has twenty-seven parishes, of which a good number have former TEC church buildings and are obviously well-established as parishes. Photos indicate substantial numbers of people attending services. In the post-Ordinariate situation, I am told that this diocese is the strongest and most stable diocese under the able leadership of Bishop Brian Marsh.

Bishop Marsh is also Bishop Visitor for the Diocese of Eastern US (the Southern states), which lost its bishop and several of its parishes in the altercation.  There is a suffragan who will likely become diocesan, Bishop John Vaughan, who was consecrated last April. The diocesan website indicates fifteen parishes, some with their own churches buildings and the smaller missions using buildings belonging to other denominations.

Diocese of the Missouri Valley (the Midwestern states) under Bishop Strawn continues forward with most of its parishes. According to the parish page, there are seventeen of them. Saint Aidan’s in Des Moines (IW) is included with Archbishop Falk as parish priest and an assistant priest.

The diocese with the most difficulties in the wake of the Ordinariate movement and various splits is that of the West. The most serious problems occurred at St Mary’s in Hollywood, a subject of controversy on the Web, with which I do not wish to be involved in any way. Bishop Strawn is listed as bishop visitor, and the diocese is governed by a Vicar General, Canon Anthony J. Morello. This appointment dates from late October 2012. I find eleven parishes in the parishes page. There are two retired bishops, Rt. Rev. Daren Williams and Rt. Rev. James Stewart.

Also the Diocese of Puerto Rico finally decided not to accept the Ordinariate offer. Only Bishop Juan García in Ponce is listed, which simply means that they do not use the internet. I would appreciate information about priests, parishes and other activities such as schools or missionary work.

Two new bishops have been elected, Fr Owen Williams of Trinity, Rochester NH and Fr Hiles of Brockton MA. They will both be suffragan bishops for the Diocese of the North-East.

The ACA is in full communion with the Anglican Province of America and has a military chaplain programme. There is also the International Anglican Fellowship, based in the USA but serving the entire TAC.