Diocese of Dallas Diœcesis Dallasensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province VII |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 63 (2021) |
| Members | 29,005 (2021) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Established | December 19, 1895 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Matthew |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | George R. Sumner |
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 Location of the Diocese of Dallas | |
| Website | |
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The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas is a diocese of the Episcopal Church (United States) which was formed on December 20, 1895, when the Missionary District of Northern Texas was granted diocesan status at the denomination's General Convention the preceding October. Alexander Charles Garrett, who had served as the first bishop of the Missionary District of Northern Texas, remained as bishop of the new diocese. The diocese began when thirteen parishes were merged.
The Missionary District of Northern Texas was formed when a portion of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas was divided on February 2, 1875. Garrett named the oldest church in the district, which was Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church, as his cathedral church and Dallas as his see. Saint Matthew's has remained the cathedral church of the bishop since that time. Garrett served until his death in 1924.
There are more than seventy parishes and schools in the diocese. The diocese is involved in many national and international missionary outreach programs. The principal offices of the diocese are at the Diocesan House, which is, along with the cathedral church, located on the former site of Saint Mary's Episcopal College for Women. The diocese divided in 1983, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth was formed from the division.