Dallas Bishop Dies Of Complications Following Brain Surgery

POSTED: 10:09 am CDT August 21, 2006
UPDATED: 10:34 am CDT August 21, 2006

DALLAS -- Dallas United Methodist Bishop Rhymes H. Moncure Jr. died late Saturday of complications following brain surgery. He was 61.

Moncure had been in intensive care after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor on Aug. 7 at Baylor Medical Center.

Moncure supervised 325 congregations in 20 North Texas counties since 2004 and served the community of Southern Methodist University.

"We are greatly saddened by Bishop Moncure's passing. It is a tremendous loss for our area, and we are grieving with his family, even as we are grateful to God for his tremendous faith that is now fulfilled. Bishop Moncure and his family have been greatly loved by our laity and clergy," church officials Rev. James Dorff and Rev. Pat Beghtel-Mahle said in a statement.