Diocese of the Great Lakes Suffragan is John M. Pafford of Midland, Michigan. Diocese of the Great Lakes The Diocese of the Great Lakes (DGL) is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States and Canada. Its worship centers and clergy are currently located in the American Great Lakes states and the Canadian Province of Ontario. The DGL uses the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer or the 1962 Canadian book, accepts the Holy Scriptures as the inerrant Word of God, adheres to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and ordains only men to the orders of deacon, priest, and bishop. The Thirty-nine Articles are
Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes at the Constitutional Convention their first bishop, being formally installed at the diocese annual convention in Akron, on April 30, 2011. The extraordinary Synod, held on 3 October 2015, nominated three candidates to the election of the new bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes. The College of the Bishops of the ACNA, reunited in Vero Beach, Florida, on 6 January 2016, elected Ronald Jackson, who was consecrated at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Akron, Ohio, on 28 April 2016. Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes The Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes is a diocese of the