Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas

This wiki collects material from the website of the diocese-northwest-texas, an Episcopal diocese that covers about 77,000 square miles of northwest Texas (Staked Plains, Rolling Plains, and farmland). The diocese describes itself as part of the Jesus movement and is known for friendliness and hospitality. Its history is covered in page-3183388 and its welcome in page-3176499. The directory of its congregations is in page-3186983, and the Episcopal schools are listed in page-3187151.

Episcopal leadership is currently a central theme. page-3183389 profiles Bishop James Scott Mayer, the fifth bishop, who has announced his retirement effective June 1, 2027. The transition process, including nominees for Sixth Bishop, is described in page-3191807. Bishop Mayer's visits to parishes appear in page-3183509 and page-3191434 and in news reports such as news-3216040 and news-3216041. Both of those reports are about visitations in spring 2026.

Diocesan life in 2026 centers on the 68th Annual Convention in Lubbock, October 23-24, hosted by St. Paul's on the Plains. See page-3191893, news-3216423, news-3216424, page-3192593, page-3192594, page-3192599, and page-3192600. The wiki also covers ministries and parish life, including camp-quarterman, canterbury-ttu, emmanuel-san-angelo, and holy-trinity-midland. Ordinations, deacons, and clergy formation are covered in news pieces and resource pages such as page-3184354 and page-3189959.

The wiki also holds practical administrative and congregational resources: page-3183409 on the Parochial Report, page-3183397 on Safe Church, page-3190918 on Title IV, benefits pages such as page-3184184 and page-3187038, and communications and formation resources such as page-3187095 and page-3187123.