Curiously, we then became a founding church of the diocese. Conference meetings were held at St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church located in Tonawanda, New York. This church was designated as a "Pro-Cathedral" (one of several) of the diocese at a special service held Friday night that week.

The diocese is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas--just outside Dallas, where Bishop Bill Atwood and his lovely wife, Susan live. Bill is the sole employee of the diocese and travels extensively internationally--thus the name International Diocese. We all have international connections and the diocese fosters and encourages those. St. Peter's maintains its ministry in Brazil, Uganda, Poland and Sudan, as well as a number of other countries.

It is our hope that several other Colorado churches will affiliate soon with The International Diocese, thus forming a Colorado Deanery and some close contact with nearby churches. You can access The International Diocese on the net: www.idio.net. We will have more information to you as soon as we get it. We are fortunate to have Bishop Atwood as our Bishop--a man of God much like Bishop Guernsey. We made this switch, with a unanimous vote at a congregational meeting, because Bishop Guernsey was elected Bishop of The Mid-Atlantic Diocese and took office August 1, 2011.