Darryl Fitzwater
Darryl Fitzwater | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Coadjutor of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints | |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America |
| Diocese | All Saints |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2017 |
| Consecration | October 4, 2024 by Steve Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Asbury Theological Seminary |
Darryl Lynn Fitzwater Jr. is an American Anglican bishop. Consecrated in 2024, he is coadjutor bishop of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints, an Anglo-Catholic diocese in the Anglican Church in North America.
Biography
[edit]Fitzwater grew up in West Virginia. He became a Christian in high school in 1995. He began his career in ministry in 2000 as a pastor in the International Pentecostal Church of Christ, serving as a district official and on boards and committees related to foreign missions.[1][2] In 2012, Fitzwater and his wife, Becky, left the Pentecostal church and began moving into Anglicanism. Fitzwater completed a master of divinity degree at Asbury Theological Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 2017, at which time he planted the Church of the Ascension in Charles Town, West Virginia.[2] He is also a co-host of Forward in Faith North America's podcast[3] and the Appalachian Anglican podcast.[4]
In April 2024, Fitzwater was elected bishop coadjutor of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints to succeed Richard Lipka following the latter's retirement. His election was consented by the ACNA bishops in June 2024, and Fitzwater was consecrated at Church of the Ascension on October 4, 2024. He will continue to serve as rector of Ascension, which transferred to MDAS from the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic and will become MDAS's new cathedral.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Darryl Fitzwater elected bishop of Missionary Diocese of All Saints". Anglican Ink. April 19, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ a b Fitzwater, Darryl (October 6, 2017). "Another "Anglicostal" Journey: The Spirit and the Body". Anglican Compass. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Forward in Faith North America". Apple Podcasts.
- ^ "Appalachian Anglican". Spotify. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "College of Bishops Consents to Fitzwater as Bishop-Elect for Missionary Diocese of All Saints". Anglican Church in North America. June 27, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.