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J O U R N A L OF THE One Hundred Seventieth ANNUAL COUNCIL Volume II AND DIRECTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF TEXAS The Woodlands Marriott Waterway Hotel and Convention Center February 21 - 23 2019 THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop & Primate Ms. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies OFFICERS OF THE SEVENTH PROVINCE President: Ms. Sherry Denton, Diocese of Western Kansas Vice-President: Ms. Sherry Denton, Diocese of Western Kansas Secretary: Ms. Kate Huston, Diocese of Oklahoma Treasurer: The Reverend Nancy Igo, Northwest Texas DIOCESE OF TEXAS DIOCESAN OFFICE: 1225 Texas Avenue; Houston, Texas 77002-3504 Texas was administered as a Foreign Mission from 1838 to 1845, being visited by Bishop Polk of Louisiana and Bishop Freeman of Arkansas. When Texas became a state of the union in 1845, it continued under the care of Bishop Freeman. The Diocese of Texas was organized in 1849 and continued under Bishop Freeman’s care until Bishop Gregg was consecrated. The original diocese, comprising the whole state, was divided in 1874. Since that time, the Diocese of Texas has been made up of the 57 counties of southeast and east Texas, viz: that portion of the State of Texas lying south of the northern line of the counties of Lampasas, Coryell, McLennan, Limestone, Freestone, Anderson, Smith, Gregg, and Marion, and east of the western line of the counties of Matagorda, Colorado, Fayette, Bastrop, Travis, Burnet, and Lampasas. Population: 1970-4,103,046; 1980-5,582,119; 1990-6,497,200; 2000-8,182,990; 2010-10,098,913 Sq. Miles: 49,489 Bishops: 1859–1893 Alexander Gregg (65). (1859) 1893–1928 George Herbert Kinsolving (162). (Coadjutor 1892) 1928–1955 Clinton S. Quin (297). (Coadjutor 1918) 1955–1964 John Elbridge Hines (461). (Coadjutor 1945) 1955–1972 Frederick Percy Goddard (537). (Suffragan) 1956–1960 James Parker Clements (544). (Suffragan) 1964–1975 Scott Field Bailey (604). (Suffragan) 1965–1980 J. Milton Richardson (611). (Diocesan) 1976–1985 Roger Howard Cilley. (710) (Suffragan) 1980–1995 Maurice M. Benitez (747) (Diocesan, Retired) 1982–1989 Gordon T. Charlton, Jr. (770). (Suffragan, Retired) 1985–1992 Anselmo Carral (686). (Assistant) 1989–1999 William E. Sterling (845). (Suffragan) 1995–2003 Claude E. Payne (884). (Coadjutor 1993, Retired) 1995–2003 Leopoldo J. Alard (908). (Suffragan) 1999–2000 Gordon T. Charlton (770). (Assisting) 2000–2003 James B. Brown (711). (Assisting) 2003–2009 Don Wimberly (789). (Diocesan, Retired) 2003-2011 Rayford B. High (988). (Suffragan, Retired) 2006–2019 Dena A. Harrison (1,009). (Suffragan) 2009– C. Andrew Doyle (1,033). (Diocesan) 2012– Jeff W. Fisher (1,068), (Suffragan) The 171st Annual Council of the Diocese of Texas will be held at the Waco Convention Center on February 7-8, 2020. JOURNAL OF THE 170TH ANNUAL COUNCIL (2019) VOLUME II And DIRECTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF TEXAS TABLE OF CONTENTS COUNCIL MINUTES................................................................................................................................................................... 1 APPENDIX A - BISHOP’S COUNCIL ADDRESS ........................................................................................................................... 10 APPENDIX B – COURTESY RESOLUTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 17 APPENDIX C – DIOCESAN PARISHES AND MISSIONS - JOANN SAYLORS .................................................................................. 20 APPENDIX D – 2018 FINANCIAL RESULTS – LINDA RILEY MITCHELL ........................................................................................ 23 APPENDIX E – 2019 BUDGET – SAM DODSON ........................................................................................................................ 27 APPENDIX F - NECROLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 NORTHWEST CONVOCATION REPORT .................................................................................................................................... 39 REGULAR COMMITTEES TO THE 2019 (170TH) COUNCIL .......................................................................................................... 42 LAY DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES PRESENT .......................................................................................................................... 43 CANONICAL CLERGY PRESENT AT THE 170TH COUNCIL .......................................................................................................... 51 CLERGY FROM OTHER DIOCESES LICENSED TO OFFICIATE IN EDOT PRESENT AT THE 170TH COUNCIL ..................................... 53 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED .......................................................................................................................... 54 CANONICAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED ................................................................................................................................... 56 REGULAR COMMITTEES TO THE 2019 (171ST) COUNCIL .......................................................................................................... 57 CONFIRMATIONS AND RECEPTIONS: TEN-YEAR COMPARISON .............................................................................................. 60 TREASURER’S REPORT FOR 2018 ............................................................................................................................................ 61 2019 DIOCESAN ASSESSMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 69 2019 DIOCESAN BUDGET ....................................................................................................................................................... 73 STATISTICAL REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 80 DIRECTORY DIRECTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF TEXAS ................................................................................................................................ 101 STANDING COMMITTEE ....................................................................................................................................................... 104 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ........................................................................................................................................................ 105 NOMINATIONS ON MOTION OF THE BISHOP FOR ELECTION AND APPOINTMENTS ............................................................. 105 COLLEGES AND SPECIAL CHAPELS, WITH MISSIONERS ......................................................................................................... 116 SCHOOL WORK .................................................................................................................................................................... 117 CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE IN CANONICAL ORDER .................................................................................................................. 119 CLERGY CHANGES IN 2018 ................................................................................................................................................... 123 CLERGY LICENSED TO OFFICIATE .......................................................................................................................................... 124 CHANGES OF CANONICAL CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE DURING 2018 ....................................................................................... 126 VOCATIONS TASKFORCE ...................................................................................................................................................... 130 FORMER, HISTORIC, & COMBINED CONGREGATIONS .......................................................................................................... 131 CHURCHES OF THE DIOCESE, WITH OFFICERS ....................................................................................................................... 134 DIRECTORY OF CANONICALLY RESIDENT CLERGY ................................................................................................................. 208 SURVIVING SPOUSES OF CLERGY ......................................................................................................................................... 274 DIRECTORY OF LICENSED CLERGY ......................................................................................................................................... 281 DIRECTORY OF STUDENTS/SEMINARIANS ............................................................................................................................ 292 DIOCESAN STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................... 296 ADDITIONAL ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS ......................................................................................................... 298 EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN .............................................................................................................................................. 301 COUNCIL MINUTES The 170th ANNUAL COUNCILOF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019