Episcopal Diocese of Dallas

For the diocese of the Catholic Church, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas.

Diocese of Dallas
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	67 (2014)
Members	32,222 (2014)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew
Current leadership
Bishop	George R. Sumner
Map
Location of the Diocese of Dallas
Website
edod.org

The Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew, next to the Diocesan House.

The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas is a diocese of the Episcopal Church USA which was formed on December 20, 1895, when the Missionary District of Northern Texas was granted diocesan status at the denomination's General Convention the preceding October. Alexander Charles Garrett, who had served as the first bishop of the Missionary District of Northern Texas, remained as bishop of the new diocese. The diocese began with thirteen parishes.

The Missionary District of Northern Texas was formed when a portion of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas was divided on February 2, 1875. Garrett named the oldest church in the district, which was Saint Matthew’s Episcopal Church, as his cathedral church and Dallas as his see. Saint Matthew's has remained the cathedral church of the bishop since that time. Garrett served until his death in 1924.

There are more than seventy parishes and schools in the diocese. The diocese is involved in many national and international missionary outreach programs. The principal offices of the diocese are at the Diocesan House, which is, along with the cathedral church, located on the former site of Saint Mary's Episcopal College for Women. The diocese divided in 1983, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth was formed from the division.

The influence of the Anglican realignment

The Dioceses of Dallas along with the Diocese of Western Louisiana are opposed to the ordination of gay clergy but have chosen to stay within the Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Dallas approved, at its 2006 Diocesan Convention, an amendment to the Diocesan constitution that it would break with the Episcopal Church only if that body were no longer part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.^[1] A vast majority of the Diocese of Fort Worth, on the other hand, voted to break away from the Episcopal Church in 2008. Additionally, several conservative parishes, including Christ Church, Plano, purchased their properties from the Diocese of Dallas and are now aligned with Anglican bodies other than the Episcopal Church.

The Diocesan House of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

James M. Stanton announced in May 2013 that he would retire as the VI Bishop of Dallas, effective 31 May 2014. Following Stanton's retirement, Paul E. Lambert, elected on 29 March 2008 as bishop suffragan,^[2] served as bishop pro-tempore.

On Saturday, 16 May 2015, the Diocese held a "Special Convention for the Election of the VII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas". At this convention, George R. Sumner, currently principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto was duly elected to be VII Episcopal Bishop of Dallas. Bishop-elect Sumner was elected with 77 clergy votes out of 138 cast; and 107 lay votes out of 193. The election of Bishop-elect Sumner must now be approved by the majority of bishops and standing committees of the Episcopal Church. Assuming approval from the rest of the Church, Sumner will be officially consecrated in November 2015.^[3]

Dallas was an affiliated member of the American Anglican Council, which reunites orthodox Anglicans in North America, but is no longer listed in their website.

List of bishops

Missionary and diocesan bishops

Missionary Bishops of Northern Texas
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1874	1895	Alexander Charles Garrett	(1832, Ireland - February 18, 1924, Dallas TX); Became diocesan Bishop of Dallas.
Bishops of Dallas
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1895	1924	Alexander Charles Garrett	(1832, Ireland - February 18, 1924, Dallas TX); became Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in 1923; died while holding both offices.
1924	1945	Harry T. Moore	Harry Tunis Moore (October 4, 1874, Delavan, WI – October 6, 1955); previously coadjutor since 1917.
1945	1970	C. Avery Mason	Charles Avery Mason (died early 1970); died in office.
1970	1983	A. Donald Davies	Translated to Fort Worth.
1983	1992	Donis D. Patterson	Donis Dean Patterson (April 27, 1930, Holmesville, OH – February 3, 2006, Orlando, FL)
1993	2014	James M. Stanton	James Monte Stanton (born October 29, 1946, Atchison, KS)
2015		George R. Sumner	bishop-elect as of 16 May 2015^[4]

Suffragan and assistant bishops

Suffragan and assistant bishops
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1950	1954	Gerald F. Burrill, suffragan bishop	Gerald Francis Burrill (June 8, 1906, Bangor, ME – July 17, 2001, Sarasota, FL); became Bishop of Chicago.
1954	1962	Joseph M. Harte, suffragan bishop	John Joseph Meakin Harte (July 28, 1914, Springfield, OH – December 19, 1999, Phoenix, AZ); became Bishop of Arizona.
1962	1975	Theodore H. McCrea, suffragan bishop	Theodore Harper McCrea (Mar. 27, 1908 - Sep. 22, 1986)
1966	1973	William Paul Barnds, suffragan bishop	(August 5, 1904, Sweet Springs, MO – January 23, 1973, Fort Worth, TX); died in office.
1976	1986	Robert Terwilliger, suffragan bishop	Robert Elwin Terwilliger (Aug 28 1917 - June 3, 1991, Hurst, TX, aged 73)
1999	2002	D. Bruce MacPherson, suffragan bishop	David Bruce MacPherson (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); became Bishop of Western Louisiana.
2004	2007	Stephen H. Jecko, assistant bishop	Retired Bishop of Florida.
2008	present	Paul E. Lambert, suffragan bishop	Paul Emil Lambert (born May 19, 1950, Reno, NV)

References

Sources

Wiles, C. Preston (2005). "History of the diocese". The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
Dallas, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

External links

Provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church

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Former jurisdictions	Central America Duluth Eastern Diocese Mexico Philippines Quincy South Florida Western Colorado Western Nebraska

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