Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan

The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan is the Episcopal diocese in the western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

The diocese is headquartered in Portage, Michigan, a small city adjacent to Kalamazoo, Michigan. However, the 34-county area covered by the diocese stretches well northward of Kalamazoo to Petoskey, Michigan. As of 2007 there are 60 parishes and 3 summer chapels in the diocese.

As of 2007, the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western Michigan is the Right Rev. Robert R. Gepert. Rev. Gepert was elected on October 19, 2001 and consecrated on April 27, 2002.

External links

* [http://www.edwm.org/ Official web site of the Diocese of Western Michigan]