Episcopal Eastern Diocese
- Episcopal Eastern Diocese
The Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America was an unusual organization that combined the territories of the states of Massachusetts (including Maine), Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont under the supervision of a single bishop. It was organized in 1811 at a convention called under the influence of the church in Massachusetts. The first bishop of the diocese was Alexander Viets Griswold.
Vermont elected its own bishop in 1832, and separated from the Eastern Diocese. New Hampshire also separated in 1832. The Eastern Diocese ceased to exist in 1843, when Rhode Island and Maine also elected bishops, following the death of Bishop Griswold.
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