Rayford B. High Jr. (born January 1941) is a bishop of the Episcopal Church. He served as suffragan bishop of the

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and then as provisional bishop of the

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from November, 2012 through June, 2015. He currently serves as an assisting bishop of the

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Early life and education

High was born in April 1941 in

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. He was educated at Bellaire High School. He then studied at the

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, and later at the

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Ordained ministry

High was ordained deacon on June 28, 1966 by Bishop

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of West Texas and priest by Bishop

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on January 6, 1967. He initially served as curate at

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and then became rector of St Francis' Church in

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. He was also rector of St John's Church in

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and then in 1981 he became rector of St Paul's Church in

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. He was also canon for pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Texas.

Bishop

High was elected on the fourth ballot as Suffragan Bishop of Texas on June 7, 2003 in Christ Church Cathedral. He was consecrated on October 4, 2003 at Camp Allen by Bishop

D. Bruce MacPherson David Bruce MacPherson (July 24, 1940 – December 21, 2017) was the third bishop of the Diocese of Western Louisiana in The Episcopal Church. Biography MacPherson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 24, 1940. He moved to the United St ...

of Western Louisiana. As suffragan bishop he oversaw 44 congregations in the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast Convocations. He retained the post until his election as Provisional Bishop of Fort Worth on September 19, 2012, and was installed on November 3, 2012. He retired in June 2015 but continued as an Assisting Bishop to the Diocese of Fort Worth. In October 2020 he was appointed Assistant Bishop in the

, a role he commenced on February 1, 2021.

Family

High married Pat Mosley High in 1965 and together had three children. Pat died in 2015 and he remarried on August 12, 2017 to the Rev. Dr. Canon Ann Normand at St Paul’s Church in Waco."Announcing the Appointment of Assistant Bishop for West Texas"
''Diocese of West Texas'', October 21, 2020. Retrieved on July 1, 2022.

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