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"PB" refers to whether the bishop became a Presiding Bishop in TEC and, if so, which number in the sequence. Under consecrators, one finds numbers or letters referencing previous bishops on the list. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops or archbishops from outside of the ECUSA:
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The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is one of the dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.The diocese consists of all Episcopal congregations in the southeastern quartile of Texas, including the cities of Austin, Beaumont, Galveston, Houston (the see city), Waco and, as of July 2022, Fort Worth and other cities within the former diocese in North Texas.
Jack Iker, former Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth came into being in 1983 and, within The Episcopal Church, was long seen as a leader of Anglo-Catholics and other theological conservatives within American Anglicanism.
"David Read consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of West Texas". Archived from the original on 2023-07-11 "Episcopal Diocese of West Texas: History". Archived from the original on 2011-04-24 "Table of Statistics of the Episcopal Church From 2006 Parochial Reports (the "red book")" (PDF). ECUSA Office of Research and Statistics.
Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically. After 1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen at General Convention by vote by all bishops, and approved by the House of Deputies. The office now has a nine-year term.
The following is a list of bishops who currently lead dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its territories. Also included in the list are suffragan bishops , provisional bishops , coadjutor bishops , and assistant bishops .
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 ...