Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Diocese of Ohio
Seal of the Diocese of Ohio
Location
Territory	48 northern counties of Ohio
Ecclesiastical province	Province V
Information
Denomination	Episcopal Church
Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. William Persell (Assistant Bishop) Arthur Benjamin Williams, Jr. (Assistant Bishop)
Map
Website
dohio.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising the northern 48 counties of the state of Ohio. Established in 1818, it was the first diocese of the Episcopal Church to be established outside the original 13 colonies and presently consists of 95 parishes, with a membership of almost 19,000 individuals. The diocese was contiguous with the state of Ohio, but was split into two dioceses in 1875, largely over liturgical and theological differences: The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, which retained the original name, and the Diocese of Southern Ohio headquartered in Cincinnati. It is one of 15 dioceses that make up the Province of the Midwest (Province 5).

Originally the diocesan see, or headquarters city, was located in Gambier in south-central Ohio, but moved to Cleveland shortly after the diocesan split. Offices are located on Euclid Avenue near Trinity Cathedral, the cathedral of the diocese.

As settlers and missionaries moved westward after the Revolutionary War, they brought their faith traditions with them, including those of the newly formed Episcopal Church. Shortly after Ohio was admitted to the Union, the first Episcopal church was established in the state at Worthington, near present-day Columbus in 1804. After years of fruitless petitions and through the hard work of missionaries and others, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church finally granted Ohio a separate diocese in 1818.