wfn.org | [ELO] Northwest Texas diocese elects J. Scott Mayer as bishop

["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Online
>November 22, 2008

Northwest Texas diocese elects J. Scott Mayer as bishop

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. J. Scott Mayer was elected November 22  to
be the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas
(http://www.nwt.org).

Mayer, 53, rector of Church of the Heavenly Rest
(http://www.chrabilene.com), Abilene, Texas, was elected on the second
ballot out of a field of four nominees. He received 90 votes of 141 cast  in
the lay order and 38 of 47 cast in the clergy order. An election on that
ballot required 71 in the lay order and 24 in the clergy order.

The electing convention was held at St. Paul's on the Plain Church in
Lubbock.

Mayer will succeed the Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl Jr., fourth bishop of the
Diocese of Northwest Texas, who announced his retirement on April 25,  2007.
Ohl will retire on January 1, 2009.

Mayer, a 1992 graduate of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the
Southwest in Austin, Texas, was ordained in the Diocese of Dallas, where  he
served as curate of St. James Episcopal Church in Texarkana. He then  served
at Church of the Heavenly Rest, first as associate rector then rector  since
1994.

Mayer and his wife, Kathy, have two grown children and one grandchild.

The consecration is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2009 at First
Methodist Church in Lubbock. Mayer will assume office upon his  consecration.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102886_ENG_HTM.htm