Scott Mayer (bishop)

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Scott Mayer
Bishop of Northwest Texas
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Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Northwest Texas
ElectedNovember 22, 2008
In office2009-present
Predecessor Charles Wallis Ohl
Other post(s) Provisional Bishop of North Texas (2015-2022)
Orders
OrdinationMarch 25, 1993
by  James M. Stanton
ConsecrationMarch 22, 2009
by  Katharine Jefferts Schori
Personal details
Born (1955-09-23) September 23, 1955 (age 69)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
SpouseKatherine Kistenmacher
Children2

James Scott Mayer (born September 23, 1955) is the fifth and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas in The Episcopal Church. He was elected after two ballots in an electing convention at St. Paul's on the Plains Church in Lubbock, Texas on November 22, 2008, and was consecrated as Bishop of Northwest Texas on March 21, 2009. Prior to his election as Bishop of Northwest Texas, Mayer served as Rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas.

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Biography

James Scott Mayer was born in 1955 in Dallas, Texas. His family moved to Lubbock soon after his birth. He and his two younger brothers grew up in Lubbock and, subsequently, Fort Worth, where Mayer graduated from Southwest High School in 1973. He received his BBA Degree in Management from Texas Tech University in 1977. Mayer then went to Houston, where he worked in sales for the Wayne Bull Company, and married Katherine in 1978. The next year they moved to the Dallas area where Scott was associated with the Ralph E. Russell Company as a manufacturers' representative.

An Episcopalian since birth, Mayer reports that he sensed a call to ordained ministry for some time, but wrestled with it for several years. In his words, he finally "gave up" and entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1989. There he was interested in Theology and Ethics. His own theology was shaped by Anglican theologians F.D. Maurice, former Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple, and John Macquarrie. He graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 1992.

In June 1992 he was ordained a deacon by the Rt. Rev. Donis Patterson, V Bishop of Dallas. In March 1993 he was ordained a priest by the Rt. Rev. James Stanton, VI Bishop of Dallas. He first served as a curate at St. James Episcopal Church in Texarkana, Texas. He was then called to the Church of the Heavenly Rest as an associate rector in 1994. In November 1995 he was called to be rector of that same parish. He remained as rector of that parish until he was elected from a field of four nominees in November 2008 as Bishop of Northwest Texas. Mayer was the only candidate for bishop from within the Diocese, the rest serving elsewhere in The Episcopal Church.

Mayer is married to Katherine Mayer and they have two children: Diane and Daniel.

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References

  1. Press Release on Mayer's Election [usurped] The Diocese of Northwest Texas
  2. Information on Candidates for Bishop [usurped] The Diocese of Northwest Texas
  3. Biography at former parish The Church of the Heavenly Rest
  4. Northwest Texas diocese elects J. Scott Mayer as bishop Matthew Davies, Episcopal Life Online, November 22, 2008.
  5. Holy Role: The Rev. James Scott Mayer is ordained new bishop of Episcopal Diocese for Lubbock area Jeremy Henderson, Avalanche Journal, May 22, 2009
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by 5th Bishop of Northwest Texas
21 March 2009 – present		Succeeded by
incumbent
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