Jack Iker

The Right Reverend
Jack Iker
SSC
Bishop of Fort Worth
Church Anglican Church in North America
See Fort Worth
In office 2009–present
Predecessor New title
Orders
Consecration April 24, 1993
Personal details
Birth name Jack Leo Iker
Born (1949-08-31) August 31, 1949
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Alma mater

Jack Leo Iker SSC (born August 31, 1949) is an American Anglican bishop.

Iker is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and the General Theological Seminary. Prior to his election as bishop, he was rector of an Episcopal parish in Sarasota, Florida.[1] He serves on the boards of Forward in Faith North America and the American Anglican Council.[2] Like many Anglo-Catholic clergy, he is a member of the Society of the Holy Cross.

Iker was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, consecrated as co-adjutor in 1993 and as incumbent in 1995. He was one of the most theologically conservative bishops during his tenure and would be one of the last Episcopal bishops opposed to women's ordination. In 2008, most of the clergy and parishes in the diocese left the Episcopal Church to create the identically named Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, affiliated to the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America. Iker left the Episcopal Church with them, becoming the first bishop of the new diocese. He was one of the founding bishops of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Bishop's Biography". Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth [ACNA]. 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Bishop's Biography". Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth [ACNA]. 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Goodstein, Laurie (December 3, 2008). "Episcopal Split as Conservatives Form New Group". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Clarence C. Pope		 Episcopal Bishop of Fort Worth
1995–2008		 Succeeded by
Edwin Gulick Jr.
(provisional)
Religious titles
New title ACNA Bishop of Fort Worth
2009–present		 Incumbent



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