The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee is the diocese of the Episcopal Church that geographically coincides with the political region known as the Grand Division of West Tennessee. The geographic range of the Diocese of West Tennessee was originally part of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, which was partitioned into three separate dioceses during 1982–1985. The Rt. Rev. Don E. Johnson is the current Bishop of West Tennessee; his two predecessors were Alex D. Dickson and James M. Coleman. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee on the close of St. Mary's Cathedral.
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