Episcopal Church in North Texas
The Episcopal Church in North Texas was a diocese of the Episcopal Church from 1982 until it merged with the Diocese of Texas in 2022. It covered 24 counties in north-central Texas and was based in Fort Worth. By 2021 it had 13 churches and about 3,595 members.
The diocese was known for its conservative stance and was involved in a major split in 2008 when Bishop Jack Iker and most clergy and parishes left TEC to join the Anglican Church in North America as the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, aligning with the Southern Cone. Some parishes remained with TEC. In 2009 the TEC-aligned group held a Special Convention and appointed provisional leadership to continue TEC worship in Fort Worth.
A long legal battle over church property followed. Texas courts ruled that the TEC-affiliated Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth held the property rights, and in 2020 the Texas Supreme Court affirmed TEC’s ownership, blocking the ACNA faction from using TEC properties.
In 2022, TEC announced it would seek reunion with the Diocese of Texas, and the two dioceses merged on July 11, 2022. The diocese was dissolved on that date. The dissolution period saw Bishop Scott Mayer serve as provisional bishop, with Rayford B. High, Jr. as assistant bishop.
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