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Ecclesiastical province Anglican Church in North America Bishop The Right Rev. Clark Lowenfield | ||
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast is a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, comprising 15 parishes, 9 in Texas and 6 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.
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. The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast was admitted as a full member diocese at the ACNA General Assembly on June 2013.
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