The Right Reverend Scott Mayer | |
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Bishop of Northwest Texas | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Northwest Texas |
Elected | November 22, 2008 |
In office | 2009-present |
Predecessor | Charles Wallis Ohl |
Other post(s) | Provisional Bishop of North Texas (2015-2022) |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 25, 1993 by James M. Stanton |
Consecration | March 22, 2009 by Katharine Jefferts Schori |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Katherine Kistenmacher |
Children | 2 |
James Scott Mayer (born September 23, 1955) is the fifth and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas in The Episcopal Church. He was elected after two ballots in an electing convention at St. Paul's on the Plains Church in Lubbock, Texas on November 22, 2008, and was consecrated as Bishop of Northwest Texas on March 21, 2009. Prior to his election as Bishop of Northwest Texas, Mayer served as Rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas.