The Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan is the Episcopal

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in the northern two-thirds of the eastern half of the

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, not including the greater

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area, which is in the

Episcopal Diocese of Michigan The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is the Episcopal diocese comprising more than 70 congregations in the southeast part of Michigan. The diocese traces its roots to the founding of St. Paul's, Detroit in 1824. It became a diocese of the Episcop ...

. The diocese is headquartered in

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. It is a relatively new diocese, having been spun off from the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan in 1994. There are 50 separate parishes operating within the diocese."The Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan", accessed October 22, 2007
In 2017, the Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, second bishop of the diocese, resigned to take a position on the staff of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church as Bishop for Pastoral Development.

List of bishops

References

External links

Official web site of the Diocese of Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan, Episcopal Diocese of Diocese of Eastern Michigan Christian organizations established in 1994 Province 5 of the Episcopal Church (United States) {{Anglican-diocese-stub