Bishop [John] Guernsey, a native of Missouri, served a number of large Episcopal churches in Northern Virginia before leaving that denomination to work with the Anglican Church of Uganda in North America. He was consecrated Bishop for Congregations in America under that church in 2007, and was named Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Spirit under the Anglican Church in North America in 2009.
The Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic is a regional diocese of the Anglican Church in North America and consists of 35 member churches in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and northeastern North Carolina.