- Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan
The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan is the Episcopal
diocese in the western half of theLower Peninsula ofMichigan .The diocese is headquartered in
Portage, Michigan , a small city adjacent toKalamazoo, Michigan . However, the 34-county area covered by the diocese stretches well northward of Kalamazoo toPetoskey, 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]
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