DioDallas: Bishop Stanton Announces Retirement

from Stand Firm by Greg Griffith

Good men moving on always has, always will, happen. The problem in TEC is that good men aren’t moving in to take their place.

I have come to the place where I believe it is time to relinquish the responsibilities of the Bishop Diocesan, and permit the Diocese to consider and chart its future mission under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I herewith submit my resignation effective May 31, 2014. Please proceed with the canonically appropriate next steps.

This is the way we go about retiring from the Episcopate in our Church. But I want to take this opportunity to thank one and all for the gracious way you have received me and Diane, and our whole family, over these last twenty-plus years.

The decision to retire is not easy, but it is right for me at this time.

Diane and I will continue to live in the Diocese of Dallas.