Church of England

===Overseas developments===
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{{further|Historical development of Church of England dioceses#Colonial dioceses}}
As the English Empire (after the 1707 [[Acts of Union 1707|union]] of the [[Kingdom of England]] with the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], the [[British Empire]]) expanded, English (after 1707, ''British'') colonists and colonial administrators took the established church doctrines and practices together with ordained ministry and formed overseas branches of the Church of England.

The [[Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island|Diocese of Nova Scotia]] was created on 11 August 1787 by [[Letters Patent]] of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] which "erected the Province of [[Nova Scotia]] into a bishop's see" and these also named [[Charles Inglis (bishop)|Charles Inglis]] as first bishop of the see.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12910|page=373|date=7 August 1787}}</ref> The diocese was the first Church of England see created outside England and Wales (i.e. the first colonial diocese). At this point, the see covered present-day New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.<ref>[http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/page/history.aspx Diocesan site – History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616015609/http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/page/history.aspx |date=16 June 2014 }} (accessed 31 December 2012)</ref> From 1825 to 1839, it included the [[Anglican Church of Bermuda|nine parishes]] of [[Bermuda]], subsequently transferred to the [[Diocese of Newfoundland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/anglicanism.php |title=The Church of England |last=Piper |first=Liza |date=2000 |website=Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador |publisher=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site |access-date=2021-08-17 |quote=}}</ref>

As they developed or, beginning with the United States of America, became sovereign or independent states, many of their churches became separate organisationally but remained linked to the Church of England through the [[Anglican Communion]]. In the provinces that made up Canada, the church operated as the "Church of England in Canada" until 1955 when it became the [[Anglican Church of Canada]].<ref name="x25">{{cite book|author=Miranda Threlfall-Holmes|title=The Essential History of Christianity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGipAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT133|year=2012|publisher=SPCK|pages=133–134|isbn=9780281066438}}</ref>

In Bermuda, the oldest remaining British overseas possession, the first Church of England services were performed by the Reverend Richard Buck, one of the survivors of the 1609 wreck of the ''[[Sea Venture]]'' which initiated Bermuda's permanent settlement. The nine parishes of the Church of England in [[Bermuda]], each with its own church and [[Glebe|glebe land]], rarely had more than a pair of ordained ministers to share between them until the 19th century. From 1825 to 1839, Bermuda's parishes were attached to the [[Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island|See of Nova Scotia]]. Bermuda was then grouped into the new Diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda from 1839. In 1879, the Synod of the Church of England in Bermuda was formed. At the same time, a Diocese of Bermuda became separate from the [[Diocese of Newfoundland]], but both continued to be grouped under the ''Bishop of Newfoundland and Bermuda'' until 1919, when Newfoundland and Bermuda each received its own bishop.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The Church of England in Bermuda was renamed in 1978 as the [[Anglican Church of Bermuda]], which is an [[Extra-provincial Anglican churches|extra-provincial diocese]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/index.cfm|title=Member Churches|work=anglicancommunion.org}}</ref> with both [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]] and [[Primate (bishop)|primatial]] authority coming directly from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Among its parish churches is [[St. Peter's Church, St. George's|St Peter's Church]] in the [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] of [[St. George's, Bermuda|St George's Town]], which is the oldest Anglican church outside of the British Isles, and the oldest Protestant church in the New World.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to St Peter's Church in St. George's, Bermuda |url=https://www.stpeters.bm/ |website=St Peter's |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>

The first Anglican missionaries arrived in Nigeria in 1842 and the first Anglican Nigerian was consecrated a bishop in 1864. However, the arrival of a rival group of Anglican missionaries in 1887 led to infighting that slowed the Church's growth. In this large African colony, by 1900 there were only 35,000 Anglicans, about 0.2% of the population. However, by the late 20th century the [[Church of Nigeria]] was the fastest growing of all Anglican churches, reaching about 18 percent of the local population by 2000.<ref name="x25"/>

The Church established its presence in Hong Kong and Macau in 1843. In 1951, the [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui|Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao]] became an extra-provincial diocese, and in 1998 it became a province of the Anglican Communion, under the name [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui]].

From 1796 to 1818 the Church began operating in [[Sri Lanka]] (formerly [[Ceylon]]), following the 1796 start of British colonisation, when the first services were held for the British civil and military personnel. In 1799, the first Colonial Chaplain was appointed, following which CMS and SPG missionaries began their work, in 1818 and 1844 respectively. Subsequently the [[Church of Ceylon]] was established: in 1845 the diocese of Colombo was inaugurated, with the appointment of [[James Chapman (Bishop of Colombo)|James Chapman]] as Bishop of Colombo. It served as an extra-provincial jurisdiction of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who served as its [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]].