St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Goliad

Year Marker Erected: 1972
Marker Number: 5083
Marker Size: 20 x 20
Repairs: Good; none recommended
Location: At corner of Franklin and Chilton, Goliad.

Marker Text:
Begun as a mission, 1861, by the Very Rev. W. R. Richardson, Dean of St. Mark's, San Antonio. R. P. Wilkinson donated site. Church was built 1882, consecrated in 1885 by the Rt. Rev. R. W. Elliott, first bishop of western Texas. Elevated to parish status in 1913, under the Rev. Frank Juhan, later bishop of Florida. (1971)