Diocese of Western Michigan

The pressures of time led to a number of widely supported compromises: new liturgical canons that secured protections for conservatives alongside prayer book revisions desired by progressives, and a concession to the bishops’ insistence that the State of Israel is not an “apartheid” regime.

Michigan dioceses say their bishop was treated better than his flock after his adultery.

The Rt. Rev. Prince Singh, who is retiring as Bishop of Rochester in February, will quickly become bishop provisional for the Dioceses of Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan.

The Rt. Rev. Whayne M. Hougland, Jr., will begin a year of repentance and amendment of life.

The Diocese of Eastern Michigan continues a discernment process about deeper cooperation with neighboring Western Michigan Diocese, electing its bishop Whayne Hoagland, as their bishop provisional. West Virginia bishop Michie Klusmyer calls for the election of a coadjutor.

Dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan move toward shared ministries in late October.

The wife and mother of bishops, Marjorie Bennison “spent her life in the majority community quietly but persistently advocating for minorities.”

“Bishops are called to believe when others can’t and to proclaim their faith when others won’t.”