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Jack Iker, a former bishop who led his Texas-based diocese to leave The Episcopal Church over its support for same-sex marriage and helped found the Anglican Church in North America, has died at 75.
Iker died Saturday, according to The Forth Worth Report, with the retired bishop being survived by his wife, Donna Iker, three daughters and four grandchildren.
Fr. Mark Polley, rector and dean at St. Vincent’s Cathedral of Bedford, Texas, took to his Facebook account to give his condolences, calling the late bishop “an incredible example of a Godly man faithfully living the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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Iker died Saturday, according to The Forth Worth Report, with the retired bishop being survived by his wife, Donna Iker, three daughters and four grandchildren.
Fr. Mark Polley, rector and dean at St. Vincent’s Cathedral of Bedford, Texas, took to his Facebook account to give his condolences, calling the late bishop “an incredible example of a Godly man faithfully living the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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Jack Iker, fmr. bishop of diocese that left Episcopal Church over gay marriage, helped found ACNA, dies
Jack Iker, a former bishop who led his Texas-based diocese to leave The Episcopal Church over its support for gay marriage and helped found the Anglican Church in North America, has died at 75
