Episcopal Eastern Diocese
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At the founding of
Episcopal Church in the United States of America, its first bishop was Alexander Viets Griswold
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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.
See also
- Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
- List of Episcopal bishops
- Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church § Dioceses no longer in existence
References
- Albright, Raymond W. (1964). A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York:Macmillan. pp. 165ff
- Julia Chester Emery, Alexander Viets Griswold and the Eastern Diocese (1921)
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