The Episcopal Church in Ireland

[LUV]

Hi all

Can anybody educate me as to the "history" of the Episcopal Church within Ireland?   

Is it associated with the Anglican and Church of Ireland and Church of England or did it originate in Scotland?

I have an ancestor who emigrated from Ireland to Canada in about 1840 and he indicated he was Episcopal?

I by no means consider myself at all an authority on Religions and thus would love to hear from some who have knowledge to share!

Thanks all
LUV

[Necromancer]

plenty on Google - it would seem that its effectively Anglican ......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America

[aghadowey]

Church of Ireland as you can see from their address is associated with the Anglican church (also known as the Established Church meaning it was the 'official' church): www.ireland.anglican.org
Most Presbyterians & Reformed Presbyterians had a Scottish background and in some places English settlers in Ireland were Methodists. Also other religions such as Quakers, Congreagtionalists, Baptists, etc. also had followings here.
However, sometimes when people moved to another area/country they started going to a different church (perhaps nearest church).

[LUV]

Thanks Newfster & Aghadowey

I had indeed googled but found that Episcopal and Ireland did not seem to go hand in hand.  I am trying to get an understanding of what Churches established themselves where.

The particular family were all Irish immigrants, all born in Ireland.  On the 1861 Canadian Census, the father said he was Episcopal while the mother and 3 children, also born in Ireland were Wesleyan Methodists.

 In the area they settled in Canada, there were few established Churches during this time, Circuit Riders existed.  But Methodist was big there by 1861...that is why I wondered about the Episcopal popping up! 

Perhaps this indicates originally the father's family had come from England perhaps prior to Ireland as it seems Episcopal has it roots in the Church of England and maybe he considered himself Episcopal?  But if he did, what Church within Ireland would he have attended if indeed he was a "God fearing man"

Thanks
LUV

[aghadowey]

Not everyone that was Church of Ireland was of English descent. What is known as 'Church of England' in England and 'Episcopal Church' in U.S. and Canada was basically 'Church of Ireland' in Ireland.

[Christopher]

Hi Aghadowey, LUV and The Newfster,

There was also an Episcopal Church of Scotland. Gavin White has a lengthy article titled "The Scottish Episcopal Church ... A New History" on the episcopalhistory.org.uk website.

Christopher

[LUV]

Hi all

I think I got it....   

Appreciate the help... I am to assume that he was Church of Ireland and then once in Canada, Episcopal fit the bill...

Thanks all...I do appreciate people sharing their knowledge...

And I will indeed read Gavin White's article just to get a bit of history as well.

Cheers
LUV

[Christopher]

My mother always entered "Episcopalian" in the box on the Census form which asks about one's denomination. I'll confuse you even more by saying that some of the media have had the north of Ireland denominations incorrectly described for many years as Catholic and Protestant. The second largest denomination in Ireland ... the Church of Ireland is not non-Catholic. It is both Protestant and Catholic. Click here to learn more about this subject which is on the website of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The article explains why the Church is Catholic and why it is Protestant (or Reformed).