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The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA) is the historic name of the Anglican Communion's American province, otherwise known as The Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) or The Episcopal Church (TEC).
In 1997, Bishop William C. Wantland, the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Eau Claire, incorporated the name in a number of states for use by a nonprofit corporation headed by a five member board that included himself and two other Episcopal bishops. This incorporation was later struck down in a court action brought by the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.
The name was again incorporated in 2006, this time in the State of Florida and by another church body, the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church. No membership data for this church are known to have been published.