Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia

Diocese of West Virginia

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province III
Statistics
Congregations	63
Members	8,106
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. W. Michie Klusmeyer
Map
Location of the Diocese of West Virginia
Website
www.wvdiocese.org

The Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America encompassing all 55 counties within the state of West Virginia. The Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia was formed from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, by an act of the General Convention in 1877.

The first Episcopal Church in present-day West Virginia was established near Bunker Hill in 1740 by Colonel Morgan Morgan.

Diocesan offices are located in Charleston, West Virginia. The current bishop is the Right Reverend W. Michie Klusmeyer.

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Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

Province I	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts

Province II	Albany Central New York Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Rochester The Virgin Islands Western New York

Province III	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia

Province IV	Alabama Atlanta Central Florida Central Gulf Coast East Carolina East Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky Lexington Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Southeast Florida Southwest Florida Tennessee Upper South Carolina West Tennessee Western North Carolina

Province V	Chicago Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Indianapolis Michigan Milwaukee Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Western Michigan

Province VI	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming

Province VII	Arkansas Dallas Fort Worth Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana

Province VIII	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Micronesia Navajoland Area Mission Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah

Province IX	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Puerto Rico Venezuela

Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

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