Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan records 1830-2001

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan records 1830-2001

Bishops files, records of executive and administrative bodies and of diocesan organizations, staff files, parishes and missions materials, and visual materials and sound recordings.

43.5 linear ft., 7 oversize volumes and 3 oversize folders

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389956

Bentley Historical Library

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Saint Clair, Mich.)

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Ferndale, Mich.)

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All Saint's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Howell, Mich.)

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Tecumseh, Mich.)

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Hillsdale, Mich.)

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Deckerville Chapel (Bridgehampton, Mich.)

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Grass Lake, Mich.)

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Church of the Carpenter (Marlette, Mich.)

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Good Samaritan Hospital (Saginaw, Mich.)

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Episcopal Church (Port Crescent, Mich.)

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Lyster, William Narcissus.

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Trowbridge Mission (Menominee, Mich.)

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Alpena, Mich.)

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Gladstone, Mich.)

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Monroe, Mich.)

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Escanaba, Mich.)

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All Saints Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Brighton, Mich.)

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St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Thomas began as a mission Sunday School in Detroit, Michigan in 1883. In 1884 the Sunday School was transferred to a chapel at the corner of Shady Lane and West Grand Boulevard. In 1900 St. Thomas became a parish. New buildings were added and the parish thrived until the 1930s. After a long period of financial difficulties, St. Thomas reverted to mission status in 1963. In 1988 the church was forced to close due to declining membership. A complete history of St. Thomas is found in the folder...

McCoskry, Samuel Allen, 1804-1886

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Pioneer bishop of the Michigan Episcopal Church. From the description of Samuel Allen McCoskry diary, 1836-1840. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423515 Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan. From the description of Samuel Allen McCoskry papers, 1836-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659806924 McCoskry, Samuel Allen, P.E. bishop; grad. Dickinson College 1825; lawyer, Carlisle, Pa. 1825-31; studied theology and ord. P.E. Church 183...

Church of the Incarnation (Detroit, Mich.)

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Creighton, Frank W. (Frank Whittington), 1879-1948

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Episcopal Mission (Norwood, Mich.)

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Allen Park, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Royal Oak, Mich.)

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Grace Church (Mount Clemens, Mich.)

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Grace Church was organized by a missionary priest, the Rev. Edward Magee, in the fall of 1849. An application for admittance into union with the Diocese of Michigan was approved at the Diocesan Convention of 1850. Despite early struggles to stay together, interest in establishing an active Episcopal parish grew with the close of the Civil War. On September 6, 1870, the cornerstone for a permanent home for Grace Church was laid. Though there was some growth, the church needed help fr...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Coldwater, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Sandusky, Mich.)

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Hudson, Mich.)

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Hamburg, Mich.)

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Christ Church (East Tawas, Mich.)

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St. James Episcopal Church (Grosse Ile, Mich.)

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Davis, William L.

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Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Saint Louis, Mich.)

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Vassar, Mich.)

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Church of the Good Shepherd (Detroit, Mich.)

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Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883

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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Bad Axe, Mich.)

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Page, Herman, 1866-1942.

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Episcopal bishop of diocese of Michigan and diocese of Northern Michigan. From the description of Herman Page papers, 1900-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420211 ...

St. John's Episcopal Church (Otter Lake, Mich.)

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Epiphany Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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"In the summer and fall of 1894, the subject of establishing an Episcopal Mission at some point in the thickly settled and rapidly growing section of the city near the water works was being considered." The first meeting to establish a mission in this Detroit, Michigan neighborhood was held late in that year at the Park Avenue home of George E. Thompson. Sometime in January of 1895, representatives of twenty-four families signed an application to formerly organize a parish. Original...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. James Episcopal Church (Dexter, Mich.)

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Grace Mission (Belleville, Mich.)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Flint, Mich.)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Carsonville, Mich.)

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Calvary Episcopal Church (Hillman, Mich.)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Corunna, Mich.)

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Grace Episcopal Church (Bay City, Mich.)

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Williams, Charles D. (Charles David), 1860-1923

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Episcopal bishop of Michigan. From the description of Charles David Williams papers, 1878-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423540 Charles David Williams was born July 30, 1860 in Bellevue, Ohio. He was educated at Kenyon College and Bexley Theological Seminary at Kenyon where he was ordained deacon in 1883 and priest in 1884 in the Episcopal Church. Williams served in different Ohio communities: as priest of Fernbank and Riverside (1884-1889...

St. Michael and all Angels' Episcopal Church (Cambridge Junction, Mich.)

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Pittman, James E.

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St. James Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Mich.)

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Harsen's Island, Mich.)

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Mills, Julia H.

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Grace Episcopal Church (Gagetown, Mich.)

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Grace Episcopal Church (Lapeer, Mich.)

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Christ Episcopal Church (Dearborn, Mich.)

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Church organized 1866. From the description of Christ Episcopal Church papers, 1870-1871 and 1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 180875329 ...

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Big Rapids, Mich.)

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St. Albans Episcopal Church (Highland Park, Mich.)

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St. Matthias' Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Matthias Episcopal Church was established in Detroit as a Sunday school in 1897. It became a mission of the Diocese of Michigan in 1901. In 1906 St. Matthias was admitted to the diocese as a parish. The parish soon grew to become a congregation of over 1,000 members. After meeting in several locations a church building was dedicated in 1926 on Grand River Avenue at West Grand Boulevard. By the 1950s the parish had almost 2,000 members, and was for a time the largest Episcopal parish in Detro...

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Wyandotte, Mich.)

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Christ Church (Henrietta, Mich.)

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Messiah Church (Linden, Mich.)

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Trinity Episcopal Church (Mackinac Island, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Clinton, Mich.)

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St. George's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Rochester, Mich.)

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St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Marine City, Mich.)

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Baldwin, Henry P. (Henry Porter), 1814-1892

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Born in Coventry, Rhode Island on February 22, 1814; moved to Detroit, Michigan and established a mercantile house, 1838; member of the Republican Party Convention, Jackson, Michigan, 1854; director of Michigan State Bank and President of the Second National State Bank of Detroit; 1863-87; member of the State Senate, 1861-1862; Governor of Michigan, 1869-1873; U.S. Senator, Republican, 1879-1891; resumed business pursuits; President of Detroit national Bank, 1883-1887; died in Detroit, December ...

St. James' Episcopal Church (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.)

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Grace Episcopal Church (Long Rapids, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Romulus, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church grew from very humble beginnings. Started as an Episcopalian Sunday School, the first meeting was held in the front room of a cottage on Merrick Avenue on April 5, 1885. An evening prayer service was held the following month under the direction of Reverend Rufus W. Clark. Services were led by lay readers when it was not possible to obtain the services of a clergyman. By January 1886, a building had been finished on the corner of Fou...

Harris, Samuel Smith, 1841-1888

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Episcopal bishop of Michigan. From the description of Samuel Smith Harris papers, 1878-1889. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84865876 From the description of Samuel Harris papers, 1878-1889. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418796 ...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Hilda's Episcopal Church (River Rouge, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's was established somewhere between late 1827 and early 1828. Among Episcopal parishes in Michigan, St. Andrew's is second only to St. Paul's Cathedral in age. The first church building was consecrated in 1838, but by 1855, the congregation had outgrown these facilities and plans were begun for a new "early English," stone church. Consecrated in 1867, St. Andrew's is the oldest church building in continual use in Ann Arbor. A tower, a chapel wing, and an apse were added i...

Welton, Alanson W.

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St. Anne's Episcopal Church (Oakley Park, Mich.)

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Grace Episcopal Church (Port Huron, Mich.)

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Miller, Sidney Trowbridge, 1864-1940.

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Sidney Trowbridge Miller was the son of Sidney Davy Miller. S.T. Miller was a leading attorney and citizen of Detroit, active in Red Cross work. From the description of Sidney Trowbridge Miller papers, 1889-1916. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 297375850 ...

Mariners' Church of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)

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Emrich, Richard S. M. (Richard Stanley Merrill), 1910-

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Episcopal bishop of Michigan. From the description of Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich papers, 1942-1984. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418347 From the description of Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich papers, 1940s-1990. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778273 Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich was born March 11, 1910 in Mardin, Turkey. His father was a Congregational missionary who was stationed there at the time. Emrich spent h...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan

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The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan was organized in 1832 by Episcopal parishes in the then territory of Michigan (which included present-day Wisconsin). From its beginning St. Paul's Church in Detroit served as the see of the diocese, and the early bishops served as rector of St. Paul's. When Michigan became a state the boundaries of the diocese were fixed as the boundaries of the state. As the church grew the bishops found it difficult to administer such a large area, and the parish...

Batchelder Hall (Romeo, Mich.)

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St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (Hazel Park, Mich.)

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Davies, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1831-1905

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Calvary Church (Saginaw, Mich.)

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St. Philip's and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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Conover, James F.

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Flint, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

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St. Luke's Church was founded in 1830 (its first name was St. James') as a result of missionary work to the area undertaken by the Rev. Richard Fish Cadle and the Green Bay Indian Mission. Later in 1834, following the loss of several families, the church was reorganized. In 1836, a preaching mission to the Ypsilanti area was established, and in 1838, the first church building was consecrated. From the guide to the St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Ypsilanti, Mich.) records, 1836-ca. 2000,...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Jackson, Mich.)

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Christ Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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Campbell, James V. (James Valentine), 1823-1890

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Professor of law, University of Michigan and Judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan; author of Outlines of the Political History of Michigan, 1876. From the description of James Valentine Campbell papers, 1803-1886 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 662615525 Campbell was born on Feb. 25, 1823 in Buffalo (N.Y.). His father, Henry, brought his family to Detroit (Mich.). in 1826, and served as a county judge in Mich. and N.Y. (State). James was educated at Flushing ...

Grace Episcopal Church (Jonesville, Mich.)

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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Au Sable, Mich.)

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Jamison, Andrew

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St. John's Episcopal Church (Wayne, Mich.)

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St. James Episcopal Church (Cheboygan, Mich.)

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Christ Church (Stockbridge, Mich.)

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