Walter Banek
American Anglican bishop
About Walter Banek
Born 1952.
Walter Raymond Banek is an American Anglican bishop and classical Christian educator. He is currently serving as bishop suffragan in the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of Mid-America and as rector of Good Shepherd Church in Tyler, Texas.
Biography Banek was raised in Chicago as the son of German immigrants. He studied architecture at the University of Illinois before transferring to Moody Bible Institute to finish his degree in 1975.
In 1981, Banek became headmaster of Good Shepherd School in Tyler, In 1989, the school's sponsor, Good Shepherd Church, was constituted as a member of the Reformed Episcopal Church, He is a council member of Forward in Faith North America, which promotes Anglo-Catholic worship and opposes women's ordination.
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American Anglican bishop
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Walter Banek was born on 23 May 1952 in Chicago.
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