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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.
Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes [2] (born September 21, 1972) is a Roman Catholic prelate who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio since 2022.. Fernandes is the first Indian-American bishop of the Latin Church in the United States, the first person of color to serve as the bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, [3] and the youngest diocesan bishop in the United States.
The Right Reverend Edwin "Ted" Gulick, Jr., Bishop of Kentucky, was chosen as provisional bishop and other vacant diocesan offices were filled. [10] Although one of the last dioceses in the Episcopal Church to refuse to ordain women, the first woman was ordained in November 2009 and a new provisional bishop, C. Wallis Ohl, was named. [11]
In November 2008, delegates at a diocesan convention voted to leave the Episcopal Church and join the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone. [2]The Episcopal Church maintained that the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth was still a part of the Episcopal Church, and that only the individuals in favor of these motions had left the Episcopal Church. [4]
Paul VI named Auxiliary Bishop Clarence Elwell from the Diocese of Cleveland as the eighth bishop of Columbus in 1968. [19] During his tenure as bishop, Elwell continued the implementation of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, initiated under Carberry. [20] An advocate of Catholic education, he opened the following schools in Ohio:
Visitation and funeral arrangements have been set for Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who passed away April 4, 2024.. Gumbleton, an Archdiocese of Detroit bishop ordained as a priest in 1956, was known ...
The sixth of eleven children, [3] John Watterson was born on May 27, 1844, in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, to John Sylvester and Sarah Salome (née McAfee) Watterson. [4] His father's family came to the United States from the Isle of Mann in the United Kingdom in 1762; originally Episcopalians, his grandfather was orphaned in 1781 and subsequently raised by a Catholic family in York County ...
Bishop Fernandes preaches a homily during Solemn High Mass with Pontifical Assistance from the Throne at St. Leo Oratory. Saint Leo Oratory is a historic Catholic church and active oratory operated by the Institute of Christ the King in the Diocese of Columbus, located in the Merion Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.