Groups the spreadevent entries documenting the Anglican Communion's spread beyond the Church of England, through colonial settlement, missionary societies and the later formation of independent national and provincial churches across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Belongs here: any event marking Anglicanism's establishment or expansion in a new territory or province. Does not belong here: the English Reformation's own founding events, grouped under Anglicanism's origin entities; the spread events of any other denomination or tradition.
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Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Wikipedia Anglicanism, lead section, era statement
It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents within the Anglican Communion, and approximately 2.4 million outside of the Anglican Communion, worldwide as of 2025.
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