Episcopal Diocese of West Texas

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Diocese of West Texas
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province VII
Statistics
Congregations	87
Members	26,000
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. David M. Reed
Map
Location of the Diocese of West Texas
Website
www.dwtx.org

The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America whose territory comprises the southernmost part of the state of Texas.

The see city is San Antonio, and the diocese includes the cities of Corpus Christi, and Brownsville. (The westernmost part of Texas, including El Paso, is actually part of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, which also covers New Mexico.)

Organized by a division of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in 1874, it had (as of 2017) 87 churches, 26,000 active baptized members, and an Average Sunday Attendance of 10,592. The diocese and its parishes sponsor twenty-eight parochial schools and preschools, including TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas (founded as "West Texas Military Academy"), a boarding college-preparatory school on the outskirts of San Antonio. The diocese was also instrumental in the founding of St. Philip's College, which became a public community college in 1942.

The largest parishes in the diocese are Christ Church, San Antonio, St Mark's, San Antonio, St Luke's, San Antonio and Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi.

The Diocese of West Texas is part of Province VII.

Bishops[]

There have been ten bishops of West Texas:

1. Robert W. B. Elliott (1874–87)
2. James Steptoe Johnston (1888–1916)
3. William Theodotus Capers (1916–43)
4. Everett Holland Jones (1943–69)
5. Harold Cornelius Gosnell (1969–77)
6. Scott Field Bailey (1977–87)
   * Stanley F. Hauser, suffragan 1979-1987
7. John Herbert MacNaughton (1987–95)
   * Earl N. McArthur, suffragan
8. James E. Folts (1996–2006)
   *Robert B. Hibbs, suffragan
9. Gary Richard Lillibridge (2006–2017)
10. David M. Reed (2017-present)

The diocese does not have a church designated as its cathedral; the diocesan offices are in the Bishop Jones Center in San Antonio.

References[]

• "Episcopal Diocese of West Texas: History". Archived from the original on 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
• "Table of Statistics of the Episcopal Church From 2006 Parochial Reports (the "red book")" (PDF). ECUSA Office of Research and Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

External links[]

• Episcopal Diocese of West Texas website
• Journal of the Annual Council, Diocese of West Texas

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