From ENS-
The founding bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Archibald Donald Davies, died peacefully on Oct. 16 aged 91.
A requiem will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 21 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, located at 3600 Fall Creek Highway in Granbury, Texas.
Davies served as the bishop of the Diocese of Dallas from 1970 to 1978 and bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth from 1983 to 1985. After he retired from Fort Worth, then-Presiding Bishop John Allin appointed him bishop of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe from 1986 to 1988.
In 1992, Davies left the Episcopal Church to help form the Episcopal Missionary Church, actions which prompted the House of Bishops to give its consent to his deposition in 1994, according to a release from Suzanne Gill, communications officer for the breakaway Fort Worth diocese.
Born in Pittsburgh on April 15, 1920, Davies earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa in 1944 and a master's degree from Western Theological Seminary (now Seabury-Western) in 1947. While earning his doctorate he joined the faculties of Huron College and the University of Tulsa, teaching philosophy and religion for three years.
He was ordained in 1950 and initially served as a rector in the Diocese of Kansas and as campus chaplain at Kansas State University.
A requiem will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 21 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, located at 3600 Fall Creek Highway in Granbury, Texas.
Davies served as the bishop of the Diocese of Dallas from 1970 to 1978 and bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth from 1983 to 1985. After he retired from Fort Worth, then-Presiding Bishop John Allin appointed him bishop of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe from 1986 to 1988.
In 1992, Davies left the Episcopal Church to help form the Episcopal Missionary Church, actions which prompted the House of Bishops to give its consent to his deposition in 1994, according to a release from Suzanne Gill, communications officer for the breakaway Fort Worth diocese.
Born in Pittsburgh on April 15, 1920, Davies earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa in 1944 and a master's degree from Western Theological Seminary (now Seabury-Western) in 1947. While earning his doctorate he joined the faculties of Huron College and the University of Tulsa, teaching philosophy and religion for three years.
He was ordained in 1950 and initially served as a rector in the Diocese of Kansas and as campus chaplain at Kansas State University.
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