The Influence of The Anglican Realignment
As the Dioceses of Dallas or South Carolina, the Diocese of Western Louisiana is opposed to the ordination of gay clergy but had chosen to stay within the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Dallas approved, at its 2006 Diocesan Convention, an amendment to the Diocesan constitution that it would break with the Episcopal Church only if that body were no longer part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. A vast majority of the Diocese of Fort Worth, on the other hand, voted to break away from the Episcopal Church in 2008. Additionally, several conservative parishes, including ChristChurch/Plano, purchased their properties from the Diocese of Dallas and are now aligned with Anglican bodies other than the Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas is led by the Rt Revd James Stanton, sixth bishop of the diocese. On March 29, 2008, the Revd Canon Paul E. Lambert, canon to the ordinary in the diocese, was elected bishop suffragan.
It is an affiliated member of the American Anglican Council, which reunites orthodox Anglicans in North America.
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