From Texas-The Rev. Jeff W. Fisher, former rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco, will be consecrated as a bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Church during a service today in Tyler.
Fisher was elected to that position at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston on June 2.
He will be based in Tyler and will serve congregations in the Diocese of Texas, which covers the eastern and central portion of Texas, which includes an area that spreads from Waco to Austin to Galveston and east to Louisiana.
A bishop suffragan is an assisting bishop and serves under the direction of the diocesan bishop, in this case the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, said Carol E. Barnwell, spokeswoman for the diocese.
Among Fisher’s duties is oversight of prison ministries within the region.
Today’s consecration ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. at Caldwell Auditorium, 300 S. College Drive in Tyler.
While Fisher was rector of St. Alban’s in Waco from 2006 to 2012, the church’s congregation grew by 85 percent.
Forced to close the school on campus, Fisher led the congregation to start a community center that now houses theater and music programs for church youths as well as other area groups and outreach programs.
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