Jack Iker

Who is Jack Iker?

Jack Leo Iker SSC 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, Nashotah House, 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. Following the departure of most of the clergy and parishes from the Episcopal Church to create the identically named Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, affiliated to the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America, he was one of the founding bishops of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009.