Amy Dafler Meaux consecrated as 9th bishop of West Missouri
The Rt. Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux was ordained and consecrated on May 3. Photo: Zachary Phillips
[Diocese of West Missouri] The Diocese of West Missouri ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux as its ninth bishop on May 3 at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City. More than 600 people attended.
Dafler Meaux, the former dean and rector of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, Arkansas, succeeds the Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce, who has served the diocese since December 2021 as bishop provisional.
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe was the chief consecrator. He was joined by Bruce, Arkansas Bishop John Harmon, Missouri Bishop Deon Johnson, California Bishop Austin Rios and Bishop Susan Candea of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The diocese elected Dafler Meaux on Nov. 9, 2024, on the first ballot during its 135th Diocesan Convention held in Kansas City at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral.
“Over the last 18 months, I have witnessed the enormous capacity of our people to share the good news of Jesus Christ,” Dafler Meaux said. “From north to south and east to west, Episcopalians in this region of Missouri share the Gospel every day through radical acts of hospitality, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick and suffering, and bringing the reconciling word of God to our communities. I am excited, honored, and privileged to officially be yoked with them in ministry.”
