Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina
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The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina (EDUSC) is a diocese in the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA).
The diocese includes the more than 60 ECUSA congregations in the Upstate and Midlands regions of the U.S. state of South Carolina. There are five convocations in the diocese: Midlands (Columbia area), Catawba (Lancaster area), Reedy River (Greenville area), Gravatt (Aiken area), and Piedmont (Spartanburg areas).
Originally part of the Diocese of South Carolina, it became independent in 1922. The see city is Columbia. Its cathedral is Trinity Cathedral.
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Bishops of this diocese: Kirkman George Finlay, 1922-1939; John James Gravatt, 1939-1953; Clarence Alfred Cole, 1953-1963; John Adams Pinckney, 1963-1972; George Moyer Alexander, 1973-1979; William Arthur Beckham, 1979-1995; and Dorsey Felix Henderson, Jr., 1995-present.
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