On April 12, 1898, Rt. Rev. G. H. Kinsolving, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Texas, visited Angleton to preach at the Methodist church at the invitation of an Episcopal Sunday School founded in 1897. During that visit, he organized an Episcopal mission named Holy Comforter and accepted two donated lots at the northwest corner of Chenango and Peach Streets from L. R. Bryan and F. Kiber for a church. Holy Comforter, Angleton, became a mission in union with the Diocese of Texas in May 1898. Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands contributed to fundraising by donating a dress that was cut into scraps and sold to raise money for an organ. Although the exact completion date of the first building is unknown, the first wedding held there was the January 1900 ceremony of Miss Eliza Kate Delaney and Dr. Samuel Maxey. Later that year, the September 8, 1900 hurricane that also devastated Galveston destroyed the church building, organ, altar, furniture, and records. A second building was soon completed and was consecrated by Bishop Kinsolving on December 14, 1902. That building survived hurricanes in 1909 and 1932 and a fire in 1927. The 102 church structure was later sold and removed from the property, and a new church was dedicated on May 6, 1956. Holy Comforter Episcopal Church became a parish in 1944, Holy Comforter Episcopal School began in 1977, and an endowment formed in 1982 to support outreach by church-related activities and organizations was later extended to other non-profit organizations.