The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Created in 1865, the diocese covers the historic county of Aberdeenshire, and the Orkney and Shetland island groups. It shares with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen a Christian heritage that can be traced back to Norman times, and incorporates the ancient Diocese of Orkney, founded in 1035. The diocese is considered the most conservative of the dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and was the only diocese to reject a change in the church's teaching to allow same-sex marriage in 2017. The first female bishop of the SEC, Anne Dyer, was appointed to the diocese in November 2017 and consecrated and enthroned on 3 March 2018. Her gender, support of same-sex marriage, and the fact that she was not elected by the diocese itself (she was appointed by the College of Bishops in accordance with the SEC canonical process when a diocese fails to meet the requirements to elect its own bishop), caused some controversy, and two senior clergy, the Dean (Emsley Nimmo) and another member of the Cathedral Chapter, resigned their diocesan roles in protest. After further resignations by other clergy, the Westhill Community Church voted to leave the SEC in January 2019. The diocese has a strong companion link with the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Samuel Seabury, the first Episcopal bishop outside the British Isles, was consecrated in 1784 by Robert Kilgour, Bishop of Aberdeen, and John Skinner, coadjutor bishop. Clarence Coleridge, suffragan bishop of Connecticut, was consecrated by a Bishop of Aberdeen in 1981; he was elected 13th diocesan bishop of Connecticut in 1993. (en)
Le diocèse de Aberdeen et d'Orkney est au Royaume-Uni, un diocèse de l'Église épiscopalienne écossaise, créé en 1825 par la fusion du diocèse d'Aberdeen et de celui des Orcades. * Portail du protestantisme * Portail de l’Écosse * Portail de l'anglicanisme (fr)
Diecezja Aberdeen i Orkadów (ang. Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney) – diecezja Szkockiego Kościoła Episkopalnego z siedzibą w Aberdeen. Liczy 41 parafii, położonych w północno-wschodniej części Szkocji, w tym na wyspach archipelagu Orkadów. Od marca 2018 r. na czele diecezji stoi Anne Dyer, pierwsza w historii Szkocji kobieta powołana na urząd anglikańskiego biskupa diecezjalnego. (pl)
聖公會阿伯丁暨奧克尼教區(英語:Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney)是蘇格蘭聖公會的一個教區。 阿伯丁教區成立於1063年,奧克尼教區成立於1035年,兩教區於1825年合併。目前教區轄區包括阿伯丁郡、奧克尼、設得蘭,教座為聖安德魯座堂。現任主教為。 (zh)
Le diocèse de Aberdeen et d'Orkney est au Royaume-Uni, un diocèse de l'Église épiscopalienne écossaise, créé en 1825 par la fusion du diocèse d'Aberdeen et de celui des Orcades. * Portail du protestantisme * Portail de l’Écosse * Portail de l'anglicanisme (fr)
Diecezja Aberdeen i Orkadów (ang. Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney) – diecezja Szkockiego Kościoła Episkopalnego z siedzibą w Aberdeen. Liczy 41 parafii, położonych w północno-wschodniej części Szkocji, w tym na wyspach archipelagu Orkadów. Od marca 2018 r. na czele diecezji stoi Anne Dyer, pierwsza w historii Szkocji kobieta powołana na urząd anglikańskiego biskupa diecezjalnego. (pl)
聖公會阿伯丁暨奧克尼教區(英語:Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney)是蘇格蘭聖公會的一個教區。 阿伯丁教區成立於1063年,奧克尼教區成立於1035年,兩教區於1825年合併。目前教區轄區包括阿伯丁郡、奧克尼、設得蘭,教座為聖安德魯座堂。現任主教為。 (zh)
The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Created in 1865, the diocese covers the historic county of Aberdeenshire, and the Orkney and Shetland island groups. It shares with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen a Christian heritage that can be traced back to Norman times, and incorporates the ancient Diocese of Orkney, founded in 1035. The diocese is considered the most conservative of the dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and was the only diocese to reject a change in the church's teaching to allow same-sex marriage in 2017. (en)