Previous Bishops
Missionary Bishops of Texas include: Leonidas Polk and George Washington Freeman (until Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845). The diocese organized in 1849 and elected Alexander Gregg its first bishop in 1859. He served until 1893 when his coadjutor (elected to succeed), the Rt. Rev. George Herbert Kinsolving, became Bishop of Texas. Kinsolving's coadjutor, the Rt. Rev. Clinton Simon Quin, succeeded him 35 years later in 1928.
Bishop John Hines served as coadjutor under Bishop Quin for ten years and became diocesan in 1955. Nine years later, in 1964, Hines was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church where he served for a decade. Bishop James Milton Richardson was consecrated the fifth Bishop of Texas on February 10, 1965, and served as diocesan until his death in 1980. The sixth Bishop of Texas, the Rt. Rev. Maurice M. Benitez, was elected in 1980. In June 1993 Bishop Claude E. Payne was elected the fourth bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Texas and became the seventh Bishop of Texas February 10, 1995. Bishop Don Wimberly became the eighth bishop of Texas in June, 2003, retiring at the mandatory age of 72 on June 6, 2009. Bishop Doyle, elected in May, 2008, was consecrated at St. Martins, Houston, on November 22, 2008 and invested and seated on June 7, 2009.
Additionally, Texas has had nine bishops suffragan and six assistant bishops since becoming a diocese: F. Percy Goddard, James P. Clements, and Roger H. Cilley; Scott Field Bailey; Gordon T. Charlton; William E. Sterling, Sr., Leopoldo J. Alard and Rayford B. High, Jr. served as bishops suffragan. Dena Harrison serves as bishop suffragan for the central region of the diocese. Harrison is the thirteenth woman consecrated to the episcopate in the Episcopal Church and the first in a diocese in the South. Jeff W. Fisher was elected bishop suffragan for the east Texas region of the diocese on June 2, 2012, following the retirement of Rayford High in 2011. Bishops Anselmo Carral, William J. Cox, Don Wimberly, James B. Brown, Ted Daniels and John Buchanan have served as assistants.
Bishops of Texas
| No. | Name | Years |
|---|---|---|
| I | Alexander Gregg | 1859-1893 |
| II | George Herbert Kinsolving | 1893-1928 |
| III | Clinton Simon Quin | 1928-1955 |
| IV | John Elbridge Hines | 1955-1964 |
| V | James Milton Richardson | 1965-1980 |
| VI | Maurice "Ben" Benitez | 1980-1995 |
| VII | Claude E. Payne | 1995-2003 |
| VIII | Don A. Wimberly | 2003-2009 |
| IX | C. Andrew Doyle | 2009-Present |
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