PITTSBURGH — More than 50 Pittsburgh-area parishes that have broken with the Episcopal Church have re-elected Bishop Robert Duncan to lead them.

Duncan was removed as bishop of by the Episcopal Church last month, which formally recognizes only those 20 congregations that have chosen to remain with the national church.

The breakaway Pittsburgh diocese led by Duncan is now part of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, an overseas group of Anglican churches which share its conservative views on traditional Bible teachings.

Both groups still call themselves the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The more liberal national church does not recognize Duncan's group but the more conservative worldwide Anglican Communion does.