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Pastoral letters, episcopal communiqués, and notices of moment from the life of the Anglican Free Communion.

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“The Lord has kept His Church.”

Eastertide, 2026

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. We give thanks for those who held fast, and we look in hope to the work yet before us…

The Most Revd. Raul Toro, Jr., Primate

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From the record of the Communion

Primatial Succession

Archbishop Raul Toro, Jr. takes up the primatial office

Following the ministry of Archbishop Ronald Lee Firestone, the College 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