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Be with us and guide us, Holy Spirit of God, as we seek your will for the future of our Diocese. Help us to discern the needs and hopes of your people in Western New York, so that our search for a Bishop may proceed with clear vision and joyful obedience. We pray through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul. In the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York approximately 13,000 adult communicants worship in 62 different congregations across the seven counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming at the western edge of New York State. This area of roughly 5423 square miles is bounded on the north by Lake Ontario, on the west by Lake Erie, on the south by Pennsylvania, and on the east by the Diocese of Rochester. The diocese is organized by geographical region into eight deaneries.
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