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Several churches directly related to Levantine populations in [[Sarpedon]] were active prior to 1954, nearly all of which were associated with or shared communion one of the churches which were founding members of the [[College of Levantine Churches]]. Specifically, [[College_of_Levantine_Churches#Old_Believers|Ænglish Old Believers]] as well as Lutherans associated with the Lutheran Church of Dericania operated throughout much of the continent in small numbers. {{wp|Old Catholics}}, due to their split with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], were also safeguarded by the [[Government of Caphiria]] beginning in [[1900]] and encouraged to a small degree before most were compelled to join the [[Imperial Church]] in the 1920s, though some Old Catholic dioceses and bishops remained associated with their colleagues in Levantia by [[1954]]. Most predominantly, Levantine-associated Protestants primarily resided in [[Talionia]] and insular colonial possessions of [[Kiravia]] throughout the continent. When the groups with which they shared communion joined together to form the College of Levantine Churches, most local congregations complied and joined the organization as well, lobbying for the formation of a local apparatus of church governance. These efforts came to fruition with the establishment of the Province of Sarpedon in 1960. Some groups, particularly those Protestant churches in [[Arona]], resisted the transition, only fully joining the Ecclesiastical Assembly in [[2020]].