Christ Church (Plano, Texas)

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Christ Church (Plano, Texas)
Location Plano, Texas
CountryUnited States
Denomination Anglican Church in North America
Website christchurchplano.org
History
Founded1985
Founder(s)The Rev. Canon David Roseberry
Administration
Diocese Christ Our Hope
Clergy
Bishop(s) The Most Rev. Steve Wood
Rector The Rt. Rev. Paul Donison
Canon(s) Mark Snow

Christ Church is an Anglican megachurch in Plano, Texas. It serves as the provincial pro-cathedral for the Anglican Church in North America. Planted in 1985 in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Christ Church, as part of the Anglican realignment, later became a founding congregation of the ACNA.

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The nave of Christ Church in Plano, Texas, the provincial pro-cathedral of the Anglican Church in North America. Christ-church-plano-nave-interior 01.jpg
The nave of Christ Church in Plano, Texas, the provincial pro-cathedral of the Anglican Church in North America.

The Rev. Canon David Roseberry planted Christ Church in his living room in 1985 when Plano was one of Dallas' more distant suburbs. [1] The church grew alongside the surrounding suburbs and at one point was the largest parish in the Episcopal Church. [1] In 2006, Christ Church purchased its property and disassociated from the Dallas diocese and was temporarily overseen by Bill Godfrey, the Anglican Church of South America bishop of Peru. [2] In 2007, Christ Church joined the Anglican Mission in America, which became a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America. Christ Church hosted the investiture of Archbishop Robert Duncan in 2009. Roseberry led the Anglican 1K church planting initiative on behalf of the province. [1]

Following the departure of AMIA from full membership in the ACNA in 2012, Christ Church joined the Diocese of Pittsburgh [3] and later became the pro-cathedral for the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others. In 2016, following Roseberry's retirement, the Rev. Canon Paul Donison joined Christ Church as rector after leading Sts. Peter and Paul in Ottawa. [4] Christ Church hosted ACNA's quinquennial provincial assembly in 2019. [1] In 2021, Christ Church was designated as a province-wide pro-cathedral. [1]

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