As of 2012[update] the website of the diocese described it as having 15,000 communicants organized in 58 communities of faith, of which 54 were parishes and 4 were seasonal chapels.

It was organized into three regions, centered in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Traverse City.

From 1969 to 2007, the bishop and the diocesan offices were located at the Cathedral Church of Christ the King, a prominent edifice near Interstate 94.

The juncture was approved on June 28, 2024 by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church The first bishop of the diocese was George D. Gillespie.

Robert R. Gepert, was elected on October 19, 2001, and was consecrated as the 8th diocesan bishop on April 27, 2002.