Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast

Diocese of Western Gulf Coast
Location
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes 14
Information
Rite Anglican
Current leadership
Bishop The Right Rev. Clark Lowenfield
Website
Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast Official Website

The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast is a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, comprising 14 parishes, 9 in Texas and 3 in Louisiana.

The movement to start a new diocese of the ACNA in the states of Texas and Louisiana begun in 2011. In June 2012, the Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast was officially approved as a diocese-in-formation at the ACNA General Assembly.[1]

On April 20, 2013, the Very Rev. Clark W. P. Lowenfield was consecrated as the first bishop of the new diocese-in-formation at the Hope Point Anglican Church in The Woodlands, Texas, by the Most Rev. Robert Duncan.[2] The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast was admitted as a full member diocese at the ACNA General Assembly on June 2013.

References

  1. ↑ Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast History, Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast Official Website
  2. ↑ The Very Rev. Clark W. P. Lowenfield Ordained as Bishop of the Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast, ACNA Website

External links

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