Taken in isolation, each domain name is fine. Of course the Diocese of Maine is DIOMAINE.ORG, the Diocese of Colorado is COLORADODIOCESE.COM, and of course the Diocese of Rochester is DOR.ORG. But wait: the Anglican Diocese of Rochester, which is in County Kent in England, doesn't have a domain; DOR.ORG is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, which is in New York in the United States. But who would have guessed that the Diocese of New Westminster is VANCOUVER.ANGLICAN.CA or that the Diocese of Texas is EPICENTER.ORG?
In March 1999, some of the domain names for dioceses around the world were:
| london.anglican.org | Diocese of London |
southernvirginia. |
Diocese of Southern Virginia |
| olympia.anglican.org | Diocese of Olympia (Episcopal Church in Western Washington) |
| oxford.anglican.org | Diocese of Oxford (England) |
| montreal.anglican.org | Diocese of Montreal (Anglican Church of Canada) |
| ecr.anglican.org | Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real (USA) |
ecusa.anglican.org |
Episcopal Church in USA |
| ireland.anglican.org | The Church of Ireland (Anglican) |
| dor.org | Diocese of Rochester (Roman Catholic) |
| anglican.org.uk/rochester | Diocese of Rochester (Church of England) |
| diopitt.org | Diocese of Pittsburgh (Roman Catholic) |
| diocese-oregon.org | Diocese of Oregon (Episcopal) |
| epicenter.org | Episcopal Diocese of Texas |
| fwdioc.org | Diocese of Fort Worth (Roman Catholic) |
| ang-md.org | Episcopal Diocese of Maryland |
| toronto.anglican.ca | Diocese of Toronto (Anglican) |
| episcopal-ne.org | Diocese of Nebraska (Episcopal) |
| episcopalnet.org | Anglican Province of Christ the King (not in communion) |
| acahome.org/deus | Diocese of the Eastern United States (ACA) |
| ladiocese.org | Diocese of Los Angeles (Episcopal) |
| la-archdiocese.org | Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Roman Catholic) |
| jampine.com/diocese | Diocese of Nassau and the Bahamas (Anglican) |
We Anglicans would like the world to be able to find us, to avoid impostors, and we would like to present to that world a face that is orderly and cooperative. Every Anglican diocese, province, and national church is welcome to use ANGLICAN.ORG free of charge. You lose nothing by doing this, and you gain an increased likelihood of people being able to find you on the Internet. If you choose to use some random local name for your diocese, we will point the anglican.org name at your local name.