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No, the US Episcopalian Church is part of the 'Anglican Communion', and the head of that is the Archbishop of Canterbury (UK), currently Rowan Williams. However, Archbishops of Canterbury, although leader of the Anglicans, have not been held in the same quasi-holy regard as the Pope is to Catholics (no concept of 'infallibility' among Anglicans as there is with Catholics).
Rowan Williams has a tough job, and I doubt whether anyone else could do it much better, because Anglicans worldwide are a very diverse lot, ranging from 'High Church' traditionalists (tend towards Catholics), literalist evangelicals, and liberals who regard much of The Bible as allegorical (some of these would be almost regarded as atheists by some of the evangelical literalists). There have been lots of very public arguments about gays, ordination of women, etc., and despite Rowan Williams's best efforts, there may be a schism before long.
(BTW, I'm an atheist, so just look on as an amused outsider to arguments within various religions.)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Anglican (Episcopalian in America) church.
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