Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church, also translated as

Spanish Reformed
Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, or IERE (Spanish:
Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal) is the church of the Episcopal Church
Anglican Communion in Spain. It was founded in 1880 and Spanish: Iglesia Española
since 1980 has been an extra-provincial church under the Reformada Episcopal
metropolitan authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2] Its
cathedral is the Anglican Cathedral of the Redeemer in
Madrid.[3]

Doctrine
In keeping with the rest of mainstream Anglicanism, the IERE
considers itself to be part of the One Holy Catholic and
Apostolic Church established by Christ and his apostles.[4] It
claims to maintain apostolic succession via the Church of
Ireland's bishops and it holds to the threefold ministry of
bishops, priests and deacons. It keeps the three creeds of the Seal of Spanish Reformed Episcopal
Primitive Church.
Church
The IERE considers itself to morally be the continuing church Abbreviation SREC
of the ancient pre-Spanish Church by maintaining the Classification Protestant
sacramental system as handed down through the Mozarabic
Rite. Due to its Reformed tradition, some would say this is Orientation Anglican
largely a Church that places itself within the confines of the Scripture Holy Bible
Evangelical stream of Anglicanism.
Theology Anglican
doctrine
History Polity Episcopal

The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church was formed "...being Primate Archbishop
born of individuals who left the Church of Rome for reasons of Justin
Biblical conscience but desired epsicopacy and an ordered Welby
vernacular liturgy for which Anglicanism provided the original Bishop Rev. Carlos
precedent."[5] The IERE considers its origin to be in 1868 López
when the "Consistorio General de la Iglesia en España" Lozano
(General Consistory of the Church in Spain) was formed by
Extra-provincial church Spanish
Juan Bautista Cabrera in Gibraltar.[6]
extra-
The IERE was officially organised in 1880 by Cabrera, a provincial
former Roman Catholic priest, and other former Catholic priests church
and Reformed ministers.[7] In 1878 he had requested the within
Church of England to consecrate a bishop. In 1880 the Anglican
(Anglican) Episcopal Church in the United States sent a communion
missionary-bishop of Mexico to visit Spain and Portugal and
contributed in organizing the congregations into the IERE and Associations Anglican
the Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church, each Communion
with its own synodical government. Porvoo
Communion
At the Synod of 1880, Cabrera was elected the first bishop of
the IERE, under the pastoral care of William Plunket, 4th Baron Region Spain
Plunket, then Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin. Language Spanish
He had been interested in the two Iberian churches and
determined to act to consecrate a bishop in Spain. The church Liturgy Mozarabic
remained without a bishop for a time after Cabrera died in 1916 Rite
and was placed under the authority of the Church of Ireland.[8] Headquarters Madrid,
For a lengthy period from 1935 to 1951 there was not a single Spain
episcopal visit to Spain.[9] Fernando Cabrera, son of the
Origin 1868
Church's first bishop, was elected to be the next bishop, but he
died in 1954 before being consecrated. Fernando Cabrera Members 5,000 [1]
served as rector of the Anglican Cathedral of the Redeemer for Official website Official Site
close to a half-century.[10] of the
Spanish
The IERE experienced persecution during the regime of
Reformed
General Francisco Franco. Prior to Franco's regime, beginning
in the 1850s, the majority of the residents of Villaescusa Episcopal
belonged to the Episcopal Church, but, in 1936, the Franco Church (in
government seized the church's building and the congregation Spanish) (ht
declined.[11][12] In 1954, Santos M. Molina was consecrated as tp://anglican
a bishop. The consecration took place behind closed doors at os.es/)
his parish in Seville. The ordaining bishops were from Meath in
Ireland, and two bishops from the Episcopal Church (United
States)—Bishop Reginald Mallett from the Episcopal Diocese of
Northern Indiana and Bishop Stephen Keeler from the Episcopal
Diocese of Minnesota.[13] Under Molina the church experienced a
resurgence. During the episcopate of Molina the IERE signed
agreements of intercommunion with numerous provinces of the
Anglican Communion, including Episcopal Church (United
States), the Church of Ireland, the Church of England, the Church
in Wales, the Anglican Church of South Africa, the Episcopal
Church of the Philippines, and the Old Catholic Church.[14]

In 1980 the IERE became an extra-provincial diocese under the

metropolitan authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Bishops of the IERE

Exterior of the Cathedral of the
Rev. Juan Bautista Cabrera Ibarz (1837–1916), First Redeemer in Madrid, the only
bishop (1896–1916) cathedral of the Spanish Reformed
Rev. Santos Molina Zurita, Second bishop (1954–1966) Episcopal Church
Rev. Ramón Taibo Sienes, Third bishop (1967–1983)
Rev. Arturo Sánchez Galán, Fourth bishop (1983–1995)
 Rev. Carlos López Lozano (b. 1962), Fifth bishop (From
1995)

Liturgy
The Revised Prayer-Book of
the Reformed Spanish
Church, English translation
of the 1889 revised Prayer
Book used in the Spanish
Reformed Episcopal Church.
The IERE uses the Mozarabic Rite,
also known as the Hispanic Rite, a
Latin liturgical rite. It dates
principally to the 7th and 8th
A plaque in the Cathedral of the
centuries. St. Isidore of Seville (d.
Redeemer.
636), who was influential at the
Fourth Council of Toledo 633,
according to the wishes of that
Council, gave the Hispanic rite its
final form before Muslim conquest
of Hispania. Mozarab is the term
for the Christian population living
under Muslim rulers in Al-Andalus.
Previous to its organization, there
were several translations of the
Anglican Book of Common Prayer
Interior of the Cathedral of the
into Spanish in 1623[15] and in
Redeemer.
1707.[16]

In 1881 the church combined a

Spanish translation of the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer with the Mozarabic liturgy, which
had recently been translated. This is apparently the first time the Spanish speaking Anglicans inserted their
own "...historic, national tradition of liturgical worship within an Anglican prayer book."[17] A second
edition was released in 1889, and a revision in 1975. This attempt combined the Anglican structure of
worship with indigenous prayer traditions.[18]

An experimental "Rito 1" or "Rite 1" for the church dating from 1984 has a few interesting aspects. One
item is that after the president (a presbyter or the bishop if he is in the presbyter seating) prays for the
absolution of the sins of the congregation, the assembly responds by praying in turn for the absolution of
the sins of the president: "God have mercy on you also, forgive you your sins through Jesus Christ and give
you eternal life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen."[19]

Organisation
The IERE has a democratic, synodical (parliamentary) polity. The Synod is the highest authority in the
Church; the laity and clergy have equal representation in it.[20] The parishes are represented by one cleric
and by one lay person. The Synod elects the Standing Committee, which governs the Church between
synods.[21] The IERE is not a Church with an episcopal government, like the Roman Catholic Church, but
is a synodical Church governed by a bishop in synod. The bishop and the synod are required to work
together in close co-operation. The current diocesan bishop is Carlos López Lozano, a Madrilene who was
ordained as bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury in November 1995.[22]
The Church is divided for administrative purposes into three zones: Catalonia, Valencian Country, and
Balearic Islands; Andalusia and Canary Islands; Centre and Northern Spain.[23] As of 2001, the IERE had
one diocese and 22 licensed priests (one woman) serving 20 parishes, in Salamanca, Valencia, Valladolid,
Seville, Oviedo, Tarragona, Murcia, Alicante, and Madrid.

Affiliations
Together with the Church of England chaplaincies of the Diocese in Europe, the IERE is the representative
of the Anglican Communion in Spain. It belongs to the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of
Spain (FEDERE) and is member of the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European
Churches. It is in full communion with the Old Catholic Churches as well as being part of the Porvoo
Communion with the Scandinavian Lutheran churches.

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External links
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