We are a constituent member of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church in the United States. Our 77 congregations total some 34,000 baptized persons who share an exciting pilgrimage of ministry and mission.

We extend along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, with our northernmost congregation in Brooksville and our most southern on Marco Island. We include the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Fort Myers. Our easternmost congregations are in Plant City, Arcadia and LaBelle.

The diocese was formed in 1969 when teh Diocese of South Florida was split into the dioceses of Southeast, Central and Southwest Florida

As a diocesan community we seek to live out Jesus' Great Commission that we should be in the world to make disciples of all people ministering God's redemptive gifts of love and grace. "Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded." Matthew 28:19-20a.

We encourage you to worship with us and share with others the joy we have found in serving our Lord and the world He came to save. May God bless you. You may find the congregation nearest you by clicking here.

Heraldry of our diocesan shield

The seal is placed in a “vesica piscis,” or pointed oval, conventionally representing a fish.

In the upper right of the shield (the shield’s own right) the pelican, symbol of the sacrifice of Christ feeding us with His blood, or of Mother Church feeding her young with its life blood.

On a blue field, the star from the Diocese of South Florida, representing Canopus, the brightest star in the southern skies. In the lower half, wavy lines of white and blue represent the Gulf of Mexico, with a flaming sun slipping below the horizon in the golden sunset sky. Around this is a border showing the red cross and quartered colors from the arms of the mother Diocese of South Florida, indicating our common background and derivation.

Above the shield is the conventional bishop’s mitre resting upon the crossed keys, symbol of ecclesiastical authority and symbol of St. Peter, patron of the diocesan cathedral.