The Anglican Diocese of the Southwest is a diocese of the
Anglican Church in North America. It has 22 parishes, 8 in
New Mexico, 6 in West
Texas and one in
Colorado, in the
United States, and 7 in
Mexico. The diocese was approved as a diocese-in-formation at the General Convention of 2012 and given full diocese status one year later, in June 2013.
The diocese origin goes back to the Anglican Fellowship of the South, where nine Anglican churches of New Mexico and Texas in the first meeting of their Standing Committee, on 26 May 2011, agreed to apply to become a diocese-in-formation of the Anglican Church in North America, during their Provincial Council. The first synod of the Anglican Fellowship of the South took place at Christ the King Anglican Church, in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 13–14 May 2011, having approved a constitution for the new diocese-in-formation and elected unanimously Win Mott to serve as their Vicar General, which he was until 2014.
The Anglican Church in North America General Convention ratified the admission of the Anglican Diocese of the Southwest as a diocese-in-formation in June 2012. The following year, it was approved as a full diocese.
The College of Bishops of ACNA consented at the election of
Mark Zimmerman as the first Bishop of the Diocese of the Southwest at 10 January 2014. He was consecrated at 28 February 2014 at the
Church of St. Clement,
El Paso,
Texas.
A Special Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Southwest held on 12 December 2020 elected
Steven Tighe as the second bishop of the diocese, to be consecrated on 6 March 2021.
Great Lakes and Southwest elections consented to by College of Bishops, 19 January 2021, ACNA Official Website
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References
External links
Official website
Dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America
Anglican dioceses established in the 21st century
Anglican realignment dioceses
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