FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 2026
Woodbridge, VA— On Saturday, February 14, The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) celebrated the installation of the Right Reverend Jerome R. Cayangyang, Captain, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy Reserve, as the second Bishop of the ACNA’s Special Jurisdiction for the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy. In this role, Bishop Cayangyang will continue to provide episcopal oversight, pastoral care, and strategic mission for the Special Jurisdiction, serving over 150 military and civilian chaplains across our ACNA province.
“This installation is a reminder that the Lord continues to raise up faithful servants for His Church,” said The Right Reverend Julian Dobbs, Dean of the Province. “Bishop Jay’s decades of pastoral ministry and military chaplaincy embody the very heart of Anglican
mission: to preach Christ, to comfort the afflicted, and to stand firm in the historic faith once delivered to the saints. I rejoice that the Special Jurisdiction will flourish under his godly and courageous oversight.”
The Special Jurisdiction for the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy is a canonical ministry of the ACNA established under Title 1, Canon 11 of the Province’s canons. The College of Bishops elected Bishop Cayangyang to serve as its Bishop on September 25, 2025 following statements by its former Bishop, the Right Reverend Derek L.S. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired, in which he declared his disaffiliation and separation from the ACNA.
Bishop Cayangyang previously served as Suffragan Bishop of the Special Jurisdiction under Bishop Derek Jones and brings more than 35 years of active and reserve military service, including two combat deployments to Iraq. He has walked alongside service members and their families in a wide variety of circumstances and ministered in times of deployment and crisis.
“It is a profound honor to stand behind our chaplains and their families as they carry the light of Christ into the world’s hardest places,” said Bishop Cayangyang. “Our chaplains don’t just preach the Gospel, they inhabit it in the middle of life’s most demanding seasons, and I am committed to providing steady support to them and their families as they serve.”
The Installation ceremony was held at All Saints Church in Woodbridge, VA at 10:00am with numerous bishops and other distinguished guests in attendance.
The ACNA unites 132,000 Anglicans in 1,000 congregations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico into a single biblical and missionary province. Rooted in the historic faith and practice of the Anglican tradition, the ACNA is committed to reaching North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.
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