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At the founding of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, all of New England was considered one diocese — the Diocese of Connecticut — led by Bishop Samuel Seabury. In 1811, the congregations in Massachusetts petitioned the General Convention to form a separate diocese consisting of the states of Massachusetts (including Maine), Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Titled the Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, its first bishop was Alexander Viets Griswold.

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.

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)

v t e Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church
Province I (New England)	Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts
Province II (Atlantic)	Albany Central New York Cuba Europe Haiti Long Island New Jersey New York Newark Puerto Rico Rochester Virgin Islands Western New York
Province III (Washington)	Bethlehem Central Pennsylvania Delaware Easton Maryland Northwestern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Southwestern Virginia Virginia Washington West Virginia
Province IV (Sewanee)	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 (Midwest)	Chicago Great Lakes Indianapolis Michigan Missouri Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Ohio Southern Ohio Springfield Wisconsin
Province VI (Northwest)	Colorado Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming
Province VII (Southwest)	Arkansas Dallas Kansas Northwest Texas Oklahoma Rio Grande Texas West Missouri West Texas Western Kansas Western Louisiana
Province VIII (Pacific)	Alaska Arizona California Eastern Oregon El Camino Real Hawaii Idaho Los Angeles Navajoland Nevada Northern California Olympia Oregon San Diego San Joaquin Spokane Taiwan Utah
Province IX (Lat. Am., Carib.)	Colombia Dominican Republic Central Ecuador Litoral Ecuador Honduras Venezuela
Other dioceses	Armed Services and Federal Ministries
Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Eastern Michigan Eau Claire Fond du Lac Mexico Micronesia North Texas Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Michigan Western Nebraska

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