Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

As the pace of growth continued, a separate Diocese of the Sudan was formed with its own bishop (Morris Gelsthorpe) in 1945.

In 1974, when the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East underwent structural reform, Sudan became an independent province of four dioceses.

In 2016 a formal application was made to the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) for the internal province of Sudan to be granted autonomy, and in July 2016 a team led by the archbishop of Adelaide and the vice chairman of the ACC carried out a fact-finding mission in northern Sudan.

In January 2018, the Episcopal Church of South Sudan elected Bishop Justin Badi Arama of the Diocese of Maridi to serve as its archbishop,[8] succeeding Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul, who retired after serving ten years in the office.

In January 2018, it was revealed that Elizabeth Awut Ngor had been consecrated on 31 December 2016 by Daniel Deng Bul, to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Rumbek.

This made the Episcopal Church of South Sudan the first GAFCON-aligned province of the Anglican Communion to have consecrated a woman as a bishop.

[12] The consecration remains controversial, being contrary to GAFCON official policy which, according to an approved moratorium, does not permit women to be ordained as bishops.

[13][14] It was decided still to "work with those parishes and dioceses in TEC who are Evangelical orthodox churches and faithful to God".

[15] Ezekiel Kondo, of the Internal Province of Sudan, was one of the eight Anglican archbishops that attended Foley Beach enthronement, which took place on 9 October 2014, at the Church of the Apostles, in Atlanta, United States.

[16] The House of Bishops decided to formally recognize and to forge a closer relationship with ACNA, following their meeting, held in 25–28 November 2015.

At the same time, it was decided to end any formal ties with the Episcopal Church, due to their resolutions that redefined marriage and are not in conformity with the Scriptures, in their view.