The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas has elected the Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas as its next bishop suffragan. Cortiñas currently serves as associate rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. She will be consecrated and installed as the seventh Bishop Suffragan of West Texas on March 15, 2025, pending consents of bishops with jurisdiction and Standing Committees of Episcopal Church dioceses, and will serve under the Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read, D.D., Bishop of West Texas.
She will be consecrated and installed as the seventh Bishop Suffragan of West Texas on March 15 at St. John's in McAllen, Texas, pending the required consents. Welcome to the Diocese of West Texas!
Click here to watch her remarks to the clergy and delegations at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
The Rev. James Derkits, Trinity by the Sea, Port Aransas - President
Dr. Liz Manning, Holy Spirit, Dripping Springs
Susan Alwais, St. George, San Antonio
Libby Templeton, St. Michael and All Angels, Blanco
The Rev. Jonathan Wickham, All Saint’s, Corpus Christi
The Rev. Karen Morris, Emmanuel, Lockhart
Dr. Lorena Rojas, St. John’s, McAllen
The Rev. Mike Woods, St. Elizabeth's, Buda
Lory Zimmerman, St. Philip’s, Uvalde
The Rev. Betsy Stephenson, Grace, Llano
Dorcas Sampson, Church of the Resurrection, Windcrest
The Rev. Michael Koehler, Trinity, Victoria
Leigh Saunders, Executive Assistant to the Bishop
Communications Office, Meg Grant, Director or Andrea Thompson
Click here to subscribe to the Diocesan General Interest email list and receive all election emails.
Names of those discerning a call to this process will be received starting on May 28th and nominations will close on June 12th.
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