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Their official recognition of George III, on the death of Charles Edward Stuart in 1788,
removed the chief bar to progress.In 1792 the penal laws were repealed, but clerical
disabilities were only finally removed in 1864.The Qualified Chapels were gradually
absorbed in the early 19th century.After the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, the
Scottish Episcopal Church also took the step of consecrating Samuel Seabury at Aberdeen in
1784.He became the first bishop of the American Episcopal Church after being refused
consecration by Church of England clergy.In this way, it can be said that the Episcopal
Church in the United States owes as much of its origins to the Scottish Episcopal Church as
to the Church of England.The Theological College was founded in 1810, incorporated with
Trinity College, Glenalmond, in 1848, and re-established at Edinburgh in 1876.Theological
training is now provided by the various dioceses and is supervised by Scottish Episcopal
Institute (formerly, the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church).In 1900 the
church had 356 congregations, with a total membership of 124,335 and 324 working
clergy.Membership did not grow in the following decades as it was believed it would.In
1989 there were approximately 200 stipendiary and 80 non-stipendiary clergy.Membership
was 65,000, with 31,000 communicants.In 1995, the Scottish Episcopal Church began
working through a process known as Mission 21.Canon Alice Mann of the Alban Institute
was invited to begin developing a missionary emphasis within the congregations of the
church throughout Scotland.This led to the development of the Making Your Church More
Inviting programme which has now been completed by many congregations.In addition to
working on making churches more inviting, Mission 21 emphasises reaching out to new
populations which have previously not been contacted by the church.As Mission 21 has
developed, changing patterns of ministry have become part of its remit.In 1633 Charles I
remodelled Holyrood Abbey as a Chapel Royal, and held his coronation there with full
Episcopalian rites.In this year he also founded the See of Edinburgh and appointed William
Forbes as first Bishop of Edinburgh in the following year.He also appointed John Guthrie,
Bishop of Moray as the first, and last, Episcopalian Royal Almoner of Scotland.The Abbey
was lost to its protestant congregation as part of the events of the Glorious Revolution and
eventually ruined.The Lord Bishop of Edinburgh and Anglican congregation were also
evicted from St Giles' Cathedral following the Prayer Book riots in 1637.The office of Royal
Almoner was made largely honorific then effectively secular, and by 1835 had merged into
the responsibilities of the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.The current
headquarters (the Scottish Episcopal Church General Synod Office) of the Scottish Episcopal
Church is Forbes House, number 21 Grosvenor Crescent in the West End of Edinburgh.The
primus does not have any metropolitan jurisdiction.Metropolitan responsibilities are held
by the diocesan bishops.The last head of the Scottish Episcopal Church to hold both primate
and metropolitan titles was Arthur Rose, Archbishop of St Andrews, up to his death in
1704.The last bishop to exercise metropolitan authority was Alexander Rose, Bishop of
Edinburgh, up to his death in 1720.=== 21st century ===
In terms of official membership, Episcopalians constitute well under 1 per cent of the
population of Scotland, making them considerably smaller than the Church of Scotland.In
2012 the church had 310 parishes with an adult membership of 34,916 and communicant
numbers some 10,000 fewer at 24,650.As with other churches in Scotland, attendance has
declined over recent years: the overall figures reflect rises in some dioceses and decline in
others, but amount to an overall fall in attendance of 15 per cent between 2007 and
2012.The church's 2016 annual report noted a "continuing decline in overall numbers", and
in almost identical language it was reported in 2018 that the church faced "continuing
decline in members and attendance".By the end of 2020 numbers had fallen further to
27,600 (membership) and 19,800 (communicants).No meaningful attendance figures could
be produced due to the legal restrictions on church attendance introduced in response to
Covid-19.By 2021 membership had fallen by a further 32% from 2012 levels, to just over
24000.At the close of 2022, the denomination had 278 congregations.The statistics for the
denomination, by their dioceses were as follows:
In recent decades, the Scottish Episcopal Church has taken a left-of-centre stand on various
political issues including economic justice, the ordination of women and "inclusion".A
church canon was altered to allow same-sex marriage after it was formally approved by the
General Synod in June 2017, despite the protests of some, including the representatives of
the conservative Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney.Following the vote, a number of
individual congregations have begun to leave the church, although they have been obliged
to leave their buildings and funds behind them.In November 2017 a high-profile female
supporter of same-sex marriage, Anne Dyer was appointed Bishop of the theologically
traditionalist Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney by the other bishops, rather than elected as
usual.This drew protests, which the primus attacked as "subversion", and Dyer was
consecrated in March 2018.A number of clergy subsequently resigned, and in January 2019
the Westhill Community Church in Aberdeen voted to leave the SEC.The Scottish Episcopal
Institute, a theological college for the whole of the Scottish Episcopal Church, was founded
in 2015.It provides training for both lay ministers and ordained clergy.== Structure ==
=== Bishops and Primus ===
As an episcopal denomination, the church is governed by bishops, differentiating it from the
national Church of Scotland which is presbyterian and governed by elders.

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Trinity College, Glenalmond, in 1848, and re-established at Edinburgh in 1876.Theological

1989 there were approximately 200 stipendiary and 80 non-stipendiary clergy.Membership

the responsibilities of the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.The current

Edinburgh, up to his death in 1720.=== 21st century ===

27,600 (membership) and 19,800 (communicants).No meaningful attendance figures could

be produced due to the legal restrictions on church attendance introduced in response to

denomination, by their dioceses were as follows:

the conservative Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney.Following the vote, a number of

As an episcopal denomination, the church is governed by bishops, differentiating it from the

national Church of Scotland which is presbyterian and governed by elders.

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