Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Charles Andrew Doyle | |
Bishop of Texas | |
Church: | Episcopal Church |
Diocese: | Texas |
Elected: | May 24, 2008 |
Term: | 2009present |
Retired: | --> |
Predecessor: | Don Wimberly |
Ordination: | 1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest) |
Consecration: | November 22, 2008 |
Consecrated By: | Katharine Jefferts Schori |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1966 |
Birth Place: | Carbondale, Illinois, United States |
Tomb: | --> |
Religion: | Anglican |
Spouse: | JoAnne Doyle |
Children: | 2 |
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Charles Andrew "Andy" Doyle (born May 31, 1966) is the ninth and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in The Episcopal Church. He was elected bishop co-adjutor on May 24, 2008, and was seated as Bishop of Texas on June 7, 2009. Prior to his election as Bishop of Texas, Doyle served as Canon to the Ordinary under his predecessor, Don A. Wimberly. In February 2020, he announced that the Episcopal Diocese of Texas would start a $13 million racial reconciliation initiative. This move was praised by Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry.[1]
Charles Andrew Doyle was born on May 31, 1966, in Carbondale, Illinois. His family moved to Houston, Texas, shortly thereafter. Doyle earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas, Denton, in 1990, and a Master in Divinity degree at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, in 1995.
In 1995, Doyle was ordained a deacon at Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston. In 1996, he was ordained a priest at Christ Episcopal Church in Temple, Texas, where he served as assistant to the rector from 1995 to 1997. Doyle was vicar at St. Francis Episcopal Church, College Station, Texas, until 2003, when he became Canon to the Ordinary under Don A. Wimberly, VIII Bishop of Texas.
Doyle is married to JoAnne Doyle; they have two children, Caisa and Zoë. He is the author of Unabashedly Episcopalian: Proclaiming the Good News of the Episcopal Church.[2]