Episcopal Diocese of Liberia

During the 1851 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, the Rev.

John Payne, a missionary from Virginia was consecrated as missionary bishop for Cape Palmas and other areas of West Africa, which became Liberia.

[2] In 1951, the Archbishop of Canterbury authorized creation of the Province of West Africa.

On March 18, 1982, the diocese of Liberia joined the Church of the Province of West Africa.

Although some Anglican churches in Africa recently broke away in a dispute concerning the ordination of homosexuals as clergy, the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia remains in full communion and maintains a covenant relationship with The Episcopal Church.