The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition with 23 dioceses in the United States and Canada. The church reports that it has 797 congregations and 245 ministry partner congregations serving more than 103,000 Christians in North America. In 2009, the Most Reverend Robert Duncan was elected its first archbishop and primate for a period of four years. The ACNA's provincial office is located in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
The ACNA is not a member of the Anglican Communion, but it is in full communion with the Anglican churches of Nigeria, Uganda, and Sudan and is affiliated with the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans.
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