Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

Diocese of Michigan
Seal of the Diocese of Michigan
Location
Territory	Detroit Metropolitan Area and adjacent regions as far west as Lansing, Jackson, and Hillsdale
Ecclesiastical province	Province V
Statistics
Congregations	78 (2014)
Members	17,539 (2015)
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Current leadership
Bishop	The Right Reverend Wendell Gibbs
Map
Website
edomi.org

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 Episcopal Church in 1836, one year before the State of Michigan entered the Union. Initially encompassing the entire Territory of Michigan, it split several times to reflect a growing population, and now includes only the densely populated southeastern portion of the state.

St. Paul's, Detroit was formally designated the cathedral of the diocese in 1912.

At its foundation, one year before Michigan achieved statehood, the Diocese encompassed all of Michigan. As the church grew the bishops found it difficult to administer such a large area, and the parishes farther from Detroit desired a bishop closer to their own areas and more attuned to their local needs. To address these concerns, the diocese has divided three times. In 1875, the western half of the Lower Peninsula became the Diocese of Western Michigan. In 1895, the Upper Peninsula became the Diocese of Marquette (later renamed Diocese of Northern Michigan). Finally in 1995, the northeastern Lower Peninsula, Saginaw Valley, and Thumb areas (the northern two-thirds of its then remaining territory) became the Diocese of Eastern Michigan. As a result of these divisions, the current Diocese of Michigan includes only the Detroit Metropolitan Area and adjacent regions as far west as Lansing, Jackson, and Hillsdale.

Officially, the diocesan boundaries are as follows:

The Counties of Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland (except for Holly Township), Macomb and that portion of Clinton County south of Price Road