St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich., Records 1901-1978

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St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich., Records 1901-1978

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Episcopal church located in Detroit, Michigan. Sacramental records including baptismal, marriage, and burial registers; registers of confirmations and communicants; vestry minutes; and photographs.

1 linear ft.

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Bentley Historical Library

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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 ...

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...