caption predecessor successor consecration birth_place title church see term birth_date image article_title name type
bishop slavin -rsb- iker , courtesy -lsb- http://anglicanapologist.blogspot.com/2011/06/great-article-by-bishop-iker.html fr . john new title incumbent april 24 , 1993 cincinnati , ohio , u.s. bishop of fort worth anglican church in north america fort worth 2009-present august 31 , 1949 jackikergoldhat.jpg jack iker
 the right reverend jack leo iker bishop
jack iker

jack leo iker ssc -lrb- born august 31 , 1949 -rrb- is an american anglican bishop .
iker is a native of cincinnati , ohio .
he studied at the university of cincinnati and general theological seminary .
prior to his election as bishop , he was rector of an episcopal parish in florida .
he serves on the boards of forward in faith north america and the american anglican council .
like many anglo-catholic clergy , he is a member of the society of the holy cross .
iker was the third bishop of the episcopal diocese of fort worth , consecrated as co-adjutor in 1993 and as incumbent in 1995 .
he was one of the most theologically conservative bishops during his tenure and would be one of the last episcopal bishops opposed to women 's ordination .
in 2008 , most of the clergy and parishes in the diocese left the episcopal church to create the identically named episcopal diocese of fort worth , affiliated to the anglican church of the southern cone of america .
iker left the episcopal church with them , becoming the first bishop of the new diocese .
he was one of the founding bishops of the anglican church in north america in 2009 .
