Robert M. Moody
Robert Manning Moody was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma from 1989 to 2007.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, his doctor father moved his family to Houston, Texas, where they were members of St. Martin's parish. Moody attended the local public schools and graduated from Rice University in 1962 and from the University of Texas the following year. His parish then sponsored him at the Virginia Theological Seminary, where he decided to become a priest and received an M.Div. degree in 1966. He would later return and received an D.Div. in 1988. After ordination, Rev. Moody became a chaplain at Baylor University 1966–1968, then priest in charge of St. Matthew's parish in Waco, Texas and vicar at St. James Church in McGregor, Texas before becoming an assistant at the cathedral of St. John the Divine in Houston, Texas, and serving at St. James Church in Riverton, Wyoming. He served as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia prior to his election as bishop of Oklahoma.
Ordained as a deacon by bishop J. Milton Richardson on June 21, 1966, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 29, 1967, and served consecrated to the episcopate on February 6, 1988.
During his episcopate, he dealt with the aftermath of the bombing of the Murrah federal bombing, and pursued an active ministry among the Native Americans.
