The Rev. Tony Hiatt will be installed as priest-in-charge at the Episcopal Church of Wise County at 7 pm Monday, May 16. The church is located at 905 S. Church Street, Decatur, TX. The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer will celebrate and the Rt. Rev. Rayford High, Jr., will preach at this celebration of a new ministry.
Hiatt is a graduate of Brite Divinity School and the Iona School for Ministry; while in seminary, he assisted in the revival of Cursillo in the diocese. He was ordained to the diaconate in October, 2014, and to the priesthood in April, 2015. He served as transitional deacon, then as assisting priest at St. Luke’s in the Meadow Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, and was appointed as priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church of Wise County on August 1.
Hiatt has lived in the Fort Worth area since 1999, and attended St. Anne’s and Trinity Episcopal churches in Fort Worth prior to ordination. As a lay person, he served as a choir member, lay eucharistic minister, vestry member, and senior warden.
As a bi-vocational priest, Hiatt maintains his secular employment as an engineer with Trinity Industries. He has been married to Lydia Hiatt for 32 years; they have three adult children and one grandchild.