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Puerto Rican Episcopal Church

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Puerto Rican Episcopal Church

by Blas Delgado, 9 May 2005

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by Blas Delgado, 5 May 2005

The Anglicanism arrived at Puerto Rico in the 1872, when under the direction of Bishop W. W. Jackson, Bishop of Antigua, the work of the Santi'sima Trinidad (Holy Trinity), at Ponce, was established. Years later, the church of Todos los Santos (All the Saints) was built at Vieques under the same jurisdiction. The church of San Andres (St. Andrew), at Mayagu"ez, was the first that began work in Spanish, in the 1907. In 1901, the Anglicanism passed to the jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church of the USA, and Bishop James H. Van Buren was named diocesan. Soon, bishops Charles B. Colmore, Charles F. Boynton, Albert Ervine Swift, Francisco Reus-Froylan, and David Andres Alvarez have succeeded in the episcopate, being bishop Alvarez the first elected bishop in the Diocese of Puerto Rico
Seal of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Church Seal: it is oval, the commonest form of the ecclesiastical shields. Inside the seal bordure appear the Spanish words, Iglesia Episcopal Puertorriqueqa, meaning Puerto Rican Episcopal Church. The Great Miter: it means that the authority of the Episcopal Church is the Bishop. The Episcopal adjective comes from the Latin word "episcopus" (in English, Bishop). Eagle: appears with its wings extended between two miters (the eagle is the commonest bird in heraldry). The eagle appears to be looking for the two miters. The two small miters: represent the two episcopates, the