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Jack Leo Iker SSC (August 31, 1949 – October 5, 2024) was an American Anglican bishop. From 1995 to 2019, he was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.In this capacity, he was a leading figure in the Anglican realignment, overseeing the departure of the Diocese of Fort Worth from the Episcopal Church in 2008 and co-founding the Anglican Church in North America.
Bishop Jefferts Schori declared on November 21, 2008, that Bishop Jack Iker was inhibited from exercising his office as a bishop in the Episcopal Church because by supporting the resolution to leave the Episcopal Church he had violated Title IV, Canon 9, and abandoned "the Doctrine, Discipline or Worship of the Church".
In response, Iker rejected the authority of the presiding bishop. Thus, the presiding bishop, on December 5, with the advice and consent of her council of advice (bishops who are the presidents or vice-presidents of each province), deemed that Iker had renounced ordained ministry and declared him removed from it. [6]
Bishop David G. O'Connell, the beloved Los Angeles cleric who was shot to death in his bed last month, is eulogized at a funeral Mass attended by thousands. 'Gripped by grace': Thousands gather ...
Overall Missionary Bishop of CANA, 2014 to 2019. Felix Orji: 2011 CANA (suffr.) – I All Nations [9] Dual membership at ACNA and Church of Nigeria College of Bishops ended, became solely a Church of Nigeria bishop, 23 May 2019. Returned to ACNA, October 2022. [16] Eric Menees: 2011 V San Joaquin: Winfield Mott: 2011
Bishop Harold Ivory Williams (April 20, 1921 - July 4, 2014) was the senior prelate of the Mount Calvary Holy Churches of America Inc. from 1972 - 2009. [ 1 ] He was married to the gospel singer Shirley Caesar .
Former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee 1982, state legislator, bishop, pastor, attorney and mortician James Oglethorpe Patterson Jr . (28 May 1935 – 25 June 2011) was a Holiness Pentecostal minister in the Church of God in Christ and a former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee , the first African-American to hold the office.
Barker was consecrated on October 8, 2011, in La Vista, Nebraska, and is the 1,060th bishop in the American succession. Early in his episcopacy, Barker assisted in founding the Tri-Faith Initiative, a collaboration between Christians, Jews, and Muslims. [5]