Province 5 (V), also called the Province of the Midwest, is one of nine

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

s making up the

Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...

. It comprises fifteen

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s across the six midwestern states of

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

, and

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. Jane Cisluycis of the Diocese of Northern Michigan serves as President and the Rt. Rev. Matthew Gunter of the Diocese of Fond du Lac serves as Vice President.

Dioceses of Province V

* Diocese of Chicago * Diocese of Quincy (formally reabsorbed by Illinois) * Diocese of Eastern Michigan *

Diocese of Eau Claire The Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing the northwestern third of Wisconsin. It is part of Province 5 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Province ...

* Diocese of Fond du Lac * Diocese of Indianapolis * Diocese of Michigan * Diocese of Milwaukee * Diocese of Missouri * Diocese of Northern Indiana * Diocese of Northern Michigan * Diocese of Ohio * Diocese of Southern Ohio * Diocese of Springfield * Diocese of Western Michigan

References and external links

ECUSA Province DirectoryProvince V website
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America {{anglican-diocese-stub