The importance of the historic episcopate is a major point in ecumenical discussions. The primary guide for worship in the Episcopal Church. The first Anglican Book of Common Prayer was written in the English in 1549 by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, drawing on material from a number of Latin books and manuals then used to conduct services. The written rules governing church policy, structure and procedure. There are national canons and each diocese has its own.
Some dioceses have no cathedral.
Sometimes it is used with a capital C when the writer means the Roman Catholic Church. A diocese is made up of several local congregations with a bishop as its chief pastor. Since only a bishop can consecrate other bishops, ordain priests and deacons and confirm, the diocese is the basic local unit of the church. Depending on the number of Episcopalians, a state may have one or several dioceses. The legislative body of the diocese is an annual convention of clergy and lay deputies from each congregation.