Davies was formerly the bishop-in-charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe and the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas.

Although this was fifteen years after the Congress of St. Louis at which Anglicans from the US and Canada created the Continuing Anglican Movement in opposition to women's ordination, Prayer Book alterations, and more relaxed sexual standards approved in ECUSA, the EMC is usually considered a continuing church.

He was also elected archbishop and primate of the several parishes constituting the Christian Episcopal Church of Canada.

The Christian Episcopal Church of Canada is headed by Robert David Redmile.

In September 2017 it was announced by Archbishop Theodore Casimes that Gavin Ashenden had been consecrated as a missionary bishop in the United Kingdom and Europe by the Christian Episcopal Church.