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Among the institutions of the diocese are Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston and the Episcopal Theological Seminary Of The Southwest in Austin. The diocese traces its foundation to Christ Church in Matagorda in 1838 . Together with Christ Church , Houston ( 1839 ) and Trinity Church, Galveston ( 1841 ) it formed the Episcopal Church of Texas, the Episcopal presence in the Republic Of Texas . It formally became a diocese of ECUSA in 1849 . The current Bishop is the Right Reverend Don Wimberly , who had previously served as bishop of the Diocese Of Lexington in Kentucky . The Right Reverend Rayford High serves as bishop Suffragan . The Venerable Dena Harrison , Archdeacon of the diocese, was elected as a second bishop suffragan, 29 April 2006. She is the thirteenth woman elected to the episcopate in the Episcopal Church and the first in a diocese in the South . Her consecration is scheduled for October 2006. Christ Church, Houston became the Cathedral of the diocese in 1949 . External links
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