Bishop Nominations

Nominations for Bishop Coadjutor

Click here to Open the nomination form.

The Nomination Process will open on Monday, September 26 and close at 5:00 p.m. CST on Monday, October 10, 2022. Nomination Forms may be submitted by email, to dwtxdiscernment2023@gmail.com.

This two-week window is intentional, in order to allow ample time for  the Standing Committee to do the work of discernment during October and November, including an in-person retreat with potential nominees. The slate of nominees will be released in December 2022.

• Nominators may click here to print the form, complete it, and then scan and submit by email to dwtxdiscernment2023@gmail.com, or
• Nominators may click here to complete the form on your computer, save a copy, and then submit by email to dwtxdiscernment2023@gmail.com.

Guidelines

• ‍‍Each nominee must be nominated by one lay person and one clergy nominator.
• Neither the nominators nor the individual who is nominated need to be resident within the Diocese.
• Each person may only nominate one person for bishop, using the Nomination Form below.
• There will not be a petition process, and there will not be nominations from the floor.
• No nomination can be made unless that person has consented to be nominated and has advised their Diocesan Bishop that they will be in the nomination process for West Texas.

The Nomination Form includes a link for the nominee to update his or her biographical data with The Episcopal Church's Office of Transitional Ministries.

Click here to save the Nomination Form.

Visit the Bishop Election page for more information.