decade. James Milton Richardson was consecrated the fifth Bishop of Texas on February 10, 1965, and served as diocesan until his death in 1980. The sixth Bishop of Texas, Maurice M. Benitez, was elected in 1980. In June 1993 Claude E. Payne was elected the fourth bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Texas and became the seventh Bishop of Texas February 10, 1995. Don Wimberly became the eighth bishop of Texas in June, 2003, retiring at the mandatory age of 72 on June 6, 2009. Doyle, elected in May, 2008, was consecrated at St. Martins, Houston, on November 22, 2008, and invested and seated on June 7, 2009. Additionally, Texas has had nine bishops suffragan and six assistant bishops since becoming a diocese: F. Percy Goddard, James P. Clements, and Roger Howard Cilley; Scott Field Bailey; Gordon T. Charlton; William E. Sterling Sr., Leopoldo J. Alard, and Rayford B. High Jr. served as bishops suffragan. Dena Harrison served as bishop suffragan for the central region of the diocese; she was the thirteenth woman consecrated to the episcopate in the Episcopal Church and the first in a diocese in the South. She was succeeded by Kathryn "Kai" Ryan in 2019. Jeff W. Fisher was elected bishop suffragan for the east Texas region of the diocese on June 2, 2012, following the retirement of Rayford High in 2011. Anselmo Carral, William J. Cox, Don Wimberly, James B. Brown, Ted Daniels and John Buchanan have served as assistant bishops. Bishops of Texas Suffragan Bishops of Texas Schools Ascension Episcopal School, Houston (PN-8) All Saints Episcopal School, Beaumont (PN-8) All Saints Episcopal School, Tyler (PK-12) Calvary Episcopal School, Richmond (PK-12) Episcopal High School, Bellaire Grace Episcopal School, Georgetown Holy Spirit Episcopal School, Houston (PK-8) Holy Trinity Episcopal School, Harris County (PK-8) St. Francis Episcopal School, Piney Point Village (PN-12) St. James the Apostle Episcopal School, Conroe (I-PK) St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Houston (PN-12) St. Thomas' Episcopal School, Houston (K-12) St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal School, Nassau Bay (PK-5) St. Mark's Episcopal School, Houston (PN-8) St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Austin (K-12) Trinity Episcopal Day School, The Woodlands (2-PK) Trinity School of Texas, Longview (PK-12) See also Christianity in Houston References External links Diocesan website Seminary of the Southwest Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Texas Texas Episcopal Church in Texas Religious organizations established in 1849 Anglican dioceses established in