Saint Mark's Episcopal Church - Bay City, TX
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N 28° 58.892 W 095° 58.282
15R E 210468 N 3209578
This congregation is a member of the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.) and the Diocese of Texas. They are also part of the world-wide Anglican Communion—a fellowship of those around the world whose spiritual roots came from the Church of England.
Waymark Code: WMVQ05
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
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St. Mark's Website
Saint Mark’s was organized as a mission in May 1895, a few months after Bay City itself was established as a town and as the seat of Matagorda County. Previously, the county seat had been located on the southern edge of the county at the coastal town of Matagorda. A large part of the congregation of the oldest Episcopal church in Texas, Christ Church of Matagorda, became the founding members of the church in Bay City in 1894 and 1895.
Bishop Kinsolving placed the cornerstone of the present building on
November 23, 1910 after a hurricane destroyed the original building. The building was completed early in 1911, and consecrated the same year. This was the time when most of the lovely stained glass windows, which adorn St. Mark’s Church, were installed. The windows memorialize lives of men and women linked with the development of Bay City and Matagorda County. Names of some of their descendants are to be found on St. Mark’s roles today.