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Everett Cooper Lees (1976-2024)

The Rev. Dr. Everett Cooper Lees died September 11 at 48, only 16 days after learning he had Stage IV pancreatic cancer.

Jerome Berryman of Godly Play Dies at 87

Godly Play applied insights from Montessori education to children’s formation, but it became more than Montessori for churches.

Gemignani, Loving, and Odgers

Honoring the Rev. Dr. Mike Gemignani, the Rev. John Harnish Loving, and the Rev. Marie Odgers

Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)

Timothy Dudley-Smith, who wrote “Tell Out My Soul” and more than other 400 hymns and served as Bishop of Thetford from 1981 to 1992, died August 12 at 97.

Dubay, Lyle, and Mills

Honoring Joseph Dubay, Patsy Nell Rushworth Lyle, and Carol Ann Mills

Former Navajoland Bishop Dies at 84

Bishop Bailey helped guide Navajoland through a time of self-determination that led to its becoming a missionary diocese this year.

Sandra Folts (1942-2024) and Anne Harris (1932-2024)

Two bishops’ wives have died in recent weeks, and both were praised for their warm presence and the lives they led.

Bishop Sanford Hampton (1935-2024)

Bishop Diana D. Akiyama: “He served his fellow bishops in his retirement by collecting our prayer requests and sharing them with the rest of the House of Bishops.”

Langdon, McGehee, Rodman

Remembering the Rev. David Stetson Langdon, Mrs. June Chrystine Stewart McGehee, and the Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman

Bishop Vincent W. Warner (1940-2024)

While Warner served as bishop, conservatives at two parishes within the Seattle-based diocese praised how he responded to them amid their disagreements with him on sexuality.

Bishop Charles L. Longest (1933-2024)

The Rt. Rev. Charles L. Longest, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland for eight years, died May 28 at 91.

DuBois, Hubbard, Sumners

Remembering Charles H. DuBois, Mavourneen A. Murphy Hubbard, and Charles Abram Sumners III

Freeman, Jackson, Wong

Remembering Norman Reid Freeman Jr., Ira Jackson Sr., and Gloria Lee Wong

Brisbane, Foster, Richards

Remembering Paul Owen Brisbane, Thomas Charles Foster, and Emily Barr Richards

Terry Brown, Bishop in Four Worlds, 1944-2024

“He was a theologian, teacher, and passionate advocate for the Pacific Islands amidst environmental and justice concerns,” Archbishop Linda Nicholls of Canada wrote via email in announcing his death on the evening of Easter Day.

The Rev. Allan B. Warren III, 1947-2024

The Rev. Allan Bevier Warren III, 15th rector of Boston’s Church of the Advent from 1999 to 2019, died in the early evening of Easter Sunday on the 51st anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.

Alonzo, Araica, Salt

Obituaries for the Rev. Mary Lucille (Lucy) Parsons Alonzo, the Rev. Alvaro Araica, and the Rev. Canon Alfred Lewis Salt

Alling, Halsall, Shigaki

Obituaries for the Rev. Roger Alling Jr., the Rev. Michele Halsall, and the Rev. Canon Jerry Shigaki.

The Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones: Palestrina and Yoga

One of our most charismatic deans, Alan Jones, flourished at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and it flourished beside him.

Dean Alan W. Jones of San Francisco, 1940-2024

Alan W. Jones was ordained to the priesthood in England and received into the Episcopal Church in 1967.

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