Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the western half of Wisconsin. It is in Province V (for the Midwest region).
The see is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Christ Church Cathedral is the mother church.
Christ Church of La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin is one of the Diocese's historical churches.
On October 22, 2011, the Diocese of Fond du Lac and the Diocese of Eau Claire voted to "junction" into one Diocese. This is the first time this has happened in the Episcopal Church.[1]
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On August 28, 2010, a special convention in the diocese elected the Rt. Rev. Edwin M. Leidel, Jr. to be the Bishop Provisional. The diocese has been without a bishop since April 2008. [2] His predecessors were:
The Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire came into existence in 1928.[3][4]