Our Latin America and Caribbean Office also has coordination responsibilities for The Covenant Committees in Mexico, Central America and Brazil; as well as for the Latin America Commission on Theological Education, known as CETALC. Global Partnerships engage ecumenically with Church World Service/Latin America Forum; National Council of Churches; Latin America Council of Churches (CLA)

Glenda McQueen is responsible for IARCA – (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama) Mexico and Brazil. Glenda can be reached at gmcqueen@episcopalchurch.org

The Rt. Rev. Wilfrido Ramos Orench is responsible for Province IX—Dominican Republic, Honduras, Columbia, Central Ecuador, Litoral Ecuador, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and can be reached at wramos@episcopalchurch.org

The Crisis in Haiti

Shortly before sundown on Tuesday, January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. The quake was centered about ten miles west of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. At least 28 aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or greater shook the country in the hours immediately following the quake.

“Even under ‘normal’ circumstances, Haiti struggles to care for her 9 million people. The nation is the poorest in the western hemisphere, and this latest disaster will set back many recent efforts at development,” said Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in a statement Wednesday morning. “I urge your concrete and immediate prayers in the form of contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development, who are already working with the Diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed.”

To donate to the Haiti Fund, visit www.er-d.org or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, PO Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. Please put “Haiti Fund” in the memo line of all checks. In addition, Episcopal Relief & Development is preparing a bulletin insert, which will be available on its website.

Other Resources

Hispanic Ministry Resources
El Hogar Projects
Haiti Connection

Five Latin American and Caribbean Provinces of the Anglican Communion

La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America
The Church in the Province of the West Indies
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

7 Dioceses in Province IX of the Episcopal Church

Colombia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador Central
Ecuador Litoral
Honduras
Puerto Rico
Venezuela

Two Dioceses in Province II of the Episcopal Church

Haiti
The Virgin Islands

Also

The Episcopal Church of Cuba
The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Spain)
The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (Portugal)
The Latin America Community at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rome, Italy