Diocese of Dallas elects Rob Price as bishop coadjutor
The Very Rev. Rob Price was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Dallas on May 3. Photo: Diocese of Dallas
[Diocese of Dallas] The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas on May 3 elected the Very Rev. Rob Price as the diocese’s bishop coadjutor. He was elected on the second ballot at a special convention that took place at St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas, Texas.
Price currently is the dean of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Dallas.
In a statement to the convention, Price said, “Thank you for your faith and your trust in me.” He added, “I look forward to working with you all. Let me say clearly, I need your help to do this wonderful work.”
He was chosen from a slate of three nominees, including the Rt. Rev. Fraser Lawton, assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas; and the Rev. Bill Carroll, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Longview, Texas, in the Diocese of Texas.
“We give thanks for Bishop Coadjutor-elect Price and for the grace and faithfulness shown by all the nominees and their families, said the Rev. Perry Mullins, president of the Standing Committee. “Today is a joyful day for the Diocese of Dallas, and we are excited for the road ahead.”
Dallas Bishop George R. Sumner expressed his gratitude to all three candidates for participating in the process. “I know that Dean Price will bring many gifts to the episcopal office and will prove well suited to the time into which we as a church now move,” he said. “Keep praying for him and his family.”
Pending consents, Price will be ordained and consecrated bishop coadjutor in September. He will serve in that role until Sumner’s retirement.
