Nine years later, in 1964, Hines was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church where he served for a decade.

James Milton Richardson was consecrated the fifth Bishop of Texas on February 10, 1965, and served as diocesan until his death in 1980.

Doyle, elected in May, 2008, was consecrated at St. Martins, Houston, on November 22, 2008, and invested and seated on June 7, 2009.

Additionally, Texas has had nine bishops suffragan and eight assistant bishops since becoming a diocese: F. Percy Goddard, James P. Clements, and Roger Howard Cilley; Scott Field Bailey; Gordon T. Charlton; William E. Sterling Sr., Leopoldo J. Alard, and Rayford B.

Jeff W. Fisher was elected bishop suffragan for the east Texas region of the diocese on June 2, 2012, following the retirement of Rayford High in 2011.

Brown, Ted Daniels, John Buchanan, Hector Monterroso, and Brian R. Seage have served as assistant bishops.