Appointments

The Rev. Anne Abdy is priest in charge of Holy Cross, Wilmington, N.C.

The Rev. Carolyne Adhimabo Adhola is priest in charge of St. Mary Magdalene, Silver Spring, Md.

The Rev. Conor M. Alexander is rector of St. Mary’s, Wayne, Pa.

The Rev. Marianne Allison is interim rector of St. John the Baptist, Portland, Ore.

The Rev. Michael Anderson is rector of St. Columba’s, Camarillo, Calif.

The Rev. Lloyd Anthony is interim priest at St. George’s, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Rev. Dr. Rudolph Anthony is rector of Grace, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.

The Rev. Dr. Stephen Applegate is rector of Trinity, Toledo, Ohio.

The Rev. J. Cameron Ayers is priest in charge of St. Francis, San Francisco.

The Rev. Maria-Teresa Bautista-Berrios is curate of Trinity, Houston.

The Rev. Edwin Beckham is rector of St. Mark’s, Islip, N.Y.

The Rev. Ed Beaudreau is priest in charge of St. David’s-on-the-Hill, Cranston, R.I.

The Rev. David Beresford is interim rector of Messiah, Lower Gwynedd, Pa.

The Rev. Phil Bjornberg is priest in charge of St. Mark’s Chapel, Storrs, Conn.

The Rev. Thomas Blake is priest in charge of Trinity, Branford, Conn.

The Rev. Kate Bradsen is rector of St. Stephen’s, Aurora, Colo.

The Rev. Katie Bradshaw is rector of Emmanuel, Athens, Ga.

The Rev. Charissa Bradstreet is priest in charge of Trinity, Excelsior, Minn.

The Rev. Anne Bridgers is interim rector of St. Alban’s, Hickory, N.C.

The Rev. Shawn Carty is priest in charge of Ascension, Twin Falls, Idaho.

The Rev. Dr. Mary Ellen D. Cassini is associate rector of St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach, Fla.

The Rev. Scott Claassen is interim rector of St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley, Los Olivos, Calif.

The Rev. David Cobb is interim rector of St. Mark’s, Locust Street, Philadelphia.

The Rev. Lisa Biersch Cole is priest in charge of Trinity, Sonoma, Calif.

The Rev. Dan Collier is parish priest at Trinity, Milford, Mass.

The Rev. David Collins is priest in residence at All Souls, Miami Beach, Fla.

The Rev. Zoe Cordes Selbin is curate of St. Mark’s, Austin, Texas.

The Rev. Canon Susana Coronado is vicar of St. Andrew’s, Glendale, Ariz.

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Corry is rector of Grace, Kirkwood, Mo.

The Rev. Garron Daniels is rector of the Parish of Alton (St. Paul’s and Trinity Chapel), Alton, Ill.

The Rev. Christine Day is interim rector of St. Matthew’s, Liverpool, N.Y.

The Rev. Jed Dearing is rector of Trinity, Columbus, Ohio.

The Rev. Camie Dewey is priest in charge of St. Mark’s, Casper, Wyo.

Michelle Dibblee is the Diocese of Washington’s interim missioner for equity and justice.

The Rev. Doyle Dietz-Allen is priest in charge of St. Peter’s-by-the-Sea, Bayshore, N.Y.

The Rev. Margarette Dimanche is priest in charge of Good Shepherd, Bronx, N.Y.

The Rev. Canon Bill Dunn is priest in charge of Trinity, Redlands, Calif.

The Rev. Philip Ellsworth is rector of Good Samaritan, Paoli, Pa.

The Rev. Michael Farnell is curate of St. Peter’s, Brenham, Texas.

The Rev. Paul Frolick is rector of St. Andrew’s, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Rev. Carol Gadsden and the Rev. Wilk Miller are co-pastors of St. John’s, Essex, Conn.

The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia is priest in charge of St. James, Kent, Wash.The Rev. Bill Garrison is interim priest at St. Andrew’s, Fullerton, Calif.

The Rev. Dr. Marjorie Gerbracht is priest in charge of Transfiguration, Derry, N.H.

The Rev. Stephen Gerth is supply priest at Iona-Hope, Fort Myers, Fla.

The Rev. Dr. Michael Giansiracusa is priest in charge of St. Gabriel’s, Philadelphia.

The Rev. Keith Giblin is assisting clergy at St. Mark’s, Beaumont, Texas.

The Rev. Tori Gilliand is curate at Episcopal High School, Houston.

The Rev. Mark Goodman is priest in charge of the Episcopal Church in Lincoln County (St. Matthias’, Carizozo; St. Anne’s, Glencoe; Holy Mount, Ruidoso), N.M.

The Rev. Charles Graves IV is rector of Christ Church, Shaker Heights, Ohio.

The Rev. Katrina Grusell is interim rector of St. Andrew’s, Glenwood, and St. Paul’s, Poplar Springs, Md.

The Rev. Misael Pacheco Guevara is curate of San Pablo/St. Paul’s, Houston.

The Rev. Alicia Hager is rector of Emmanuel, Hastings, Mich.

The Rev. Leslie Hague is rector of St. Matthew’s, Pennington, N.J.

The Rev. Paul Hamilton is interim rector of St. James, Oneonta, N.Y.

The Rev. Elise Hanley is rector of the Cobh & Glanmire Union of Parishes, Ball Curran, Cork, Ireland.

The Rev. Bill Harkins is interim priest in charge of Holy Family, Jasper, Ga.

The Rev. Jessica Harmon is assistant rector at St. Mark’s, Little Rock, Ark.

The Rev. Canon Kate Harrigan is interim priest at St. Luke’s, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

The Rev. Allen Hill is rector of Holy Comforter, Tallahassee, Fla.

The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder is rector of St. Martin’s in-the-Field, Severna Park, Md.

The Rev. Fran Holliday is interim rector of St. Charles, St. Charles, Ill.

The Rev. Suzanne Hollifield is deacon in charge of All Saints’, Crockett, Texas.

The Rev. Kris Holmes is parish deacon at St. Gabriel’s, Marion, Mass.

The Rev. Anna Horen is interim rector of St. Andrew’s, Denver.

The Rev. Leslie Ferguson Horvath is rector of Good Shepherd, Greer, S.C.

The Rev. Rod Hurst is rector of Christ Church of the Ascension, Paradise Valley, Ariz.

The Rev. Joanne Izzo is priest in charge of St. Mary’s, Classon Avenue, Brooklyn.

The Rev. Dr. Deborah Jackson is associate dean of formation and recruitment at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

The Rev. Dr. Kathy Kelly is priest in charge of Nativity, Lewiston, Idaho.

The Rev. R. Kevin Kelly is interim rector of the Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Savannah, Ga.

The Rev. Matthew Kemp is rector of St. John’s-Redeemer, Centralia, Ill.

The Rev. Lisa Keppeler is missioner at Incarnation, Morrisville, Pa.

The Rev. Dave Killeen is priest in residence at St. Thomas’, Whitemarsh, Pa.

The Rev. Mary Howard King is priest in charge of St. John’s, Aberdeen, Miss.

The Rev. William Knudson is rector of St. Andrew’s, Ojai, Calif.

The Rev. Paul Kolbet is priest in charge of St. Peter’s, Weston, Mass.

The Rev. Kelly Koonce is interim associate vicar at St. Julian of Norwich, Round Rock, Texas.

The Rev. Stephanie Kopsch is interim rector of St. Barnabas, Denver.

The Rev. Derek Larson is rector of St. Peter’s, Plant City, Fla.

The Rev. Arthur Lee is interim rector of Holy Trinity, Gainesville, Fla.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Lewis is a canon of St. John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, N.M.

The Rev. Matthew Lindeman is rector of Trinity, Southport, Conn.

The Rev. Eliza Linley is interim pastor of St. John the Baptist, Aptos, Calif.

The Rev. Sutton Lowe is curate at St. John the Divine, Houston.

The Rev. Carole Luther is long-term supply priest at St. Patrick’s, Kenwood, Calif.

The Rev. Grey Maggiano is rector of Nativity, Raleigh, N.C.

The Rev. Kate Malin is rector of Heavenly Rest, New York.

The Rev. Meghan Mantler is deacon in charge of Nativity, Northborough, Mass.

The Rev. Weston Mathews is priest in charge of St. Francis,’ Great Falls, Va.

The Rev. Mary Alice Mathison is rector of Redeemer, Mobile, Ala.

The Rev. Dr. Jane Maynard is interim priest at St. Paul’s, Bremerton, Wash.

The Rev. Faith Mbuthia is curate at Grace, New Bedford, and St. Peter’s, Dartmouth, Mass.

The Rev. Christopher McAbee is associate rector for parish life at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, Miss.

The Rev. James McDonald is rector of St. John’s, Fort Smith, Ark.

The Rev. Mike McElwee is rector of Christ Church, La Crosse, Wis.

The Rev. Renee McKenzie is priest in charge of Calvary St. Augustine’s, Philadelphia.

The Rev. David McIntosh is priest in charge of Christ Church, Quaker Farms, Conn.

The Rev. Jonathan McManus-Dail is associate rector at Good Shepherd, Austin, Texas.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Moses is priest in charge of Christ the King, Lakeland, Fla.

The Rev. Peter Munson is interim rector of St. John the Baptist, Breckinridge, Colo.

The Rev. Alan C. Murchie is priest in charge of St. Thomas’s, New Haven, Conn.

The Rev. Meghan Murphy-Gill is interim rector of St. John’s, Chicago.

The Rev. Canon Jonathan Myers is priest in charge of St. Stephen’s, Spokane, Wash.

The Rev. Maggie Nancarrow is rector of St. Paul’s, Duluth, Minn.

The Rev. Brandon Nee is curate of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Rev. Pauline Wanjiru Nijiru is priest in charge of Grace Chapel, Brockton, Mass.

The Rev. Ted Olson is priest in charge of St. Mark’s, Millsboro, Del.

The Rev. Shadrack Owuor is priest in charge of Grace, Port Huron, Mich.

The Rev. Karen Pettit is deacon in charge of Christ Church, Mexia, Texas.

The Rev. Chris S. Phillips is rector of Redeemer, Bethesda, Md.

The Rev. Jerry Phillips is interim rector of St. Augustine’s, Metairie, La.

The Rev. Matthew Scott Phillips is curate of Christ Church, Whitefish Bay, Wis.

The Rev. Elizabeth Popplewell is rector of St. Luke’s, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The Rev. Christopher Powell is interim rector of St. Peter’s, Oxford, Miss.

The Rev. Darrel Proffitt is interim rector of All Saints, Omaha, Neb.

The Rev. Neil Raman is priest in charge of Grace, Haddonfield, N.J.

The Rev. Mike Reardon is vicar of Advocate, Asheville, N.C.

The Very Rev. Jason Roberson is provost of Trinity Cathedral, Miami.

The Rev. Caleb Roberts is rector of St. Mary’s, El Dorado, Ark.

The Rev. John Roberts is rector of Transfiguration, Bat Cave, N.C.

The Rev. Rebecca Roberts is rector of St. Peter’s, Cazenovia, N.Y.

The Rev. Christopher Rogers is rector of St. Matthew’s, Saint Paul, Minn.

The Very Rev. Casey Rohleder is assistant interim dean of the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry, Topeka, Kan.

The Rev. Nick Roosevelt is interim rector of St. Mark’s, Palo Alto, Calif.

The Rev. Salvador Ros is priest in charge of St. Alban’s, New Brunswick, N.J.

The Rev. David Rose is rector of Emmanuel, Harrisonburg, Va.

The Rev. Matthew Rowe is rector of Emmanuel, San Angelo, Texas.

The Rev. Michael Ruk is interim priest in charge of Christ Church, Ridley Park, Pa.

The Rev. Richard Schaal is interim rector of Christ Church, Binghamton, N.Y.

The Rev. Karl Schaffenburg is parish priest of Incarnation, West Point, Miss.

The Rev. Janine Schenone is rector of St. John’s, Boulder, Colo.

The Rev. Karen Schlabach is youth and young adult missioner in the Diocese of Kansas.

Chad Senuta is director of communications for the Diocese of Kansas.

The Rev. Christopher Sigamoney is long-term supply priest at St. Thomas’, Bellemore, N.Y.

The Rev. Ashton Sims is priest in charge of St. Martin of Tours, Chattanooga, Tenn.

The Rev. Wes Smedley is interim rector of St. Paul & the Redeemer, Chicago.

The Rev. H. Gregory Smith is interim priest at St. Timothy’s, Roxborough, Philadelphia.

The Rev. Karen LaJoy Smith is interim rector of St. Matthew’s, Parker, Colo.

The Rev. Z. Mark Smith is rector of St. Andrew’s, Leonardtown, Md.

The Rev. Leslie Nunez Steffensen is priest associate at St. Alban’s, Davidson, N.C.

The Rev. Dr. Pamela Stevens is clergy in charge of St. Peter’s, Redwood City, Calif.

The Rev. James Strader-Sasser is interim rector of Prince of Peace, Gettysburg, Pa.

The Rev. Robert Strenth is rector of St. Matthew’s, Orlando, Fla.

The Rev. Anthony Suggs-Perea is curate of St. Luke’s on the Lake, Austin, Texas.

George Swenson is the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire’s youth formation and safe church coordinator.

The Rev. Mandy Taylor-Montoya is rector of St. James, Taos, N.M.

The Rev. Peter Tepper is rector of St. Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.

The Rev. Joanne Tetrault is director of pastoral care ministries for St. John Lutheran Church, Linthicum, Md.

The Rev. Melvin Truiett is priest in charge of St. James, Baltimore.

The Rev. Beth Turner is rector of St. Alban’s, Bexley, Ohio.

The Rev. Karen Tuttle is priest in charge of All Saints, Storm Lake, and St. Alban’s, Spirit Lake, Iowa.

The Rev. Aaron Twait is priest in charge of Christ Church, Red Wing, Minn.

The Rev. Frans Van Santen is priest in charge of Grace, Ocala, Fla.

The Rev. Craig Vance is interim priest at St. Francis, Willow Glen, San Jose, Calif.

The Rev. Alyse Viggiano is rector of St. Andrew’s Church, Arlington, Va.

The Rev. Matthew Wahlgren is rector of St. Timothy’s, Perrysburg, Ohio.

The Rev. Cameron Walker is curate of St. John’s, Lattingtown, N.Y.

The Rev. Sean Wallace is interim priest in charge of St. George’s, Hempstead, N.Y.

The Rev. Robert Wetherington is rector of St. Mary’s, Asheville, N.C.

The Rev. Dena Bearl Whalen is interim rector of Holy Spirit, Mars Hill, N.C.

The Rev. Elizabeth Hartwell Wheatley-Jones is rector of Trinity, Bend, Ore.

The Rev. Suzanne Wille is rector of All Saints’, Chicago.

The Rev. Nathan Wilson is rector of St. Anne’s, Tifton, Ga.

The Rev. Ray Wilson is interim rector of St. Stephen’s, Houston.

The Rev. Keith Winton is rector of St. Andrew’s, Omaha, Neb.

The Rev. Kevin E. Wittmayer is interim rector of Trinity, Marshall, Texas.

The Rev. Lisa Work is rector of Christ Memorial, Danville, Pa.

The Rev. Carrie Wright is rector of St. Stephen’s, Brewton, Ala.

Ordinations

Diaconate

Easton: Joanne Fisher, Kelsey Spiker, Jessica Stehle, Michael Valliant

Great Lakes: Jonathan Barrett Lee, Anne Marie Holwerda Warner

Northern California: Jay Richard Elmquist (East Region missioner, Diocese of Iowa), Emily Rainone Hyberg (curate, St. Stephen’s, Sebastapol)

Southern Virginia: Marie Kirk-Clunan, Keith Josey, Daniel Toven, Anne Zobel

Virginia: Rebecca Casey, Reginald Lamont Hayes, Caroline Greer Mitchell

Priesthood

Arizona: Carsten Michael Seiler (vicar, St. Alban’s, Wickenburg), Lucian Berry Taylor III (priest in charge, St. Mark’s, Mesa)

Florida: Teri Calinao (curate, St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs)

Iowa: Jacob Deng Aleer

New Hampshire: Joseph Underwood Rose (vicar, St. John the Evangelist, Dunbarton)

Northern California: Mark George Dibelka (priest in charge, St. Barnabas, Mount Shasta)

South Carolina: Eric Bash (curate, St. John’s, Johns Island)

Reception

Arizona: Henry Orth (from the Roman Catholic Church)

Retirements

The Rev. Beto Arciniega as the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon’s missioner for emerging communities and as associate rector of St. Michael & All Angels, Portland.

The Rev. Michael Carney as vicar of St. Elizabeth’s, Whiterocks, and Church of the Holy Spirit, Randlett, Utah

The Rev. Robert Childers as rector of Good Shepherd, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

The Rev. Dale Coleman as rector of St. Andrew’s, Carbondale, and St. James, Marion, Ill.

The Rev. Christopher Garcia as rector of Christ Church, Port Republic, Md.

The Rev. Terry Gleeson as associate rector of Good Shepherd, Austin, Texas

The Rev. Jerry Keucher as rector of St. Mary’s, Classon Avenue, Brooklyn

The Rev. Bill Richter as rector of Good Shepherd, Kingwood, Texas

The Rev. Jaime Sanders as vicar of Christ Church, St. Helen’s, Ore.

The Rev. Frank St. Amour as rector of St. Paul’s, Kent Parish, Chestertown, Md.

Appointments

The Rev. Sharon Alexander is shared priest for Trinity, Pharr, and St. Matthew’s, Edinburg, Texas.

The Rev. Christian Paul Basel is rector of St. Mark’s, Cheyenne, Wyo.

The Rev. Gregory Bezilla is priest locum tenens at St. Mary’s, Goochland, Va.

The Rev. Natalie Blasco is rector of St. Peter’s, Jacksonville, Fla.

The Rev. Erik Broeren is rector of St. Augustine’s, Benton Harbor, and St. Paul’s, St. Joseph, Mich.

The Rev. Monica Burkert-Brist is the Diocese of Wisconsin’s Region C missioner.

The Rev. Corrie Cabes is rector of St. Mary’s, Jasper, Ala.

Mr. Mauricio Chenlo is executive director of the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry, Dunn, N.C.

The Rev. Portia Corbin is the Diocese of Wisconsin’s Region B missioner.

The Very Rev. Paul Anthony Daniels is dean of Bloy House, Los Angeles.

The Rev. Chris Decatur is head chaplain and upper school chaplain at the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland.

The Rev. Paul Evans is chaplain at St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, Va.

The Rev. Kimberly L. Fox is the Diocese of North Dakota’s missioner for reconciliation, creation care, and congregational ministry development, Fargo.

The Rev. Katie Gould chaplain of St. Francis Episcopal School, Houston.

The Rev. Sarah Hoch is the Episcopal Church in Minnesota’s interim missioner for formation and holy orders.

Dr. Elizabeth M. Human is head of school at The St. Michael School of Clayton, Mo.

The Rev. Kimberly A. Knight is rector of St. Patrick’s, St. Johns, Fla.

Dr. Kyle Lambelet is Virginia Seminary’s associate professor of ethics and director of the St. Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice.

The Rev. Brent Melton is priest in charge of Grace and Holy Trinity, Richmond, Va.

The Rev. Christina Miller is priest associate for community and spirituality at St. Andrew’s, Encinitas, Calif.

Ms. Diana Moreland is director of Christian formation at Emmanuel, Virginia Beach, Va.

The Rev. Altagracia Pérez-Bullard, Ph.D., is associate dean of multicultural ministries at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Patrick Raymond is interim rector of Emmanuel, Mercer Island, Wash.

The Rev. Josh Rodriguez-Hobbs is rector of Epiphany, Odenton, Md.

Ms. Christine Saunders is head of school at St. Michael’s Episcopal Day School, Carmichael, Calif.

The Rev. Deacon Bob Scott is dean of the Diocese of Northern California’s Russian River Deanery.

The Rev. George Sherrill is rector of Trinity, Roslyn, N.Y.

The Rev. Joseph Smith is dean of the Diocese of South Carolina’s West Charleston Deanery.

The Rev. Dawn Stary is rector of St. Ignatius, Antioch, Ill.

The Rev. James Stewart is rector of St. Alban’s, Worland, Wyo.

The Rev. Audrey Sutton is rector of St. Barnabas, Deland, Fla.

The Rev. Joseph D. Thompson, Ph.D., is head librarian at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Dr. Kevin Vandiver is Virginia Seminary’s Martha Horne Visiting Professor for the 2024-25 academic year.

The Rev. Dan A. Wagner is rector of St. Michael’s, Easley, S.C.

The Rev. Kate E. Wesch is parochial vicar of Epiphany, Seattle.

Retirements

Dr. Mitzi Budde as head librarian and the Arthur Carl Lichtenberger Chair for Theological Research at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas as missioner for creation care in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts.

The Rev. Roy Hills as priest in charge of St. James-Santee, McClellanville, S.C.

The Rev. Dr. Christopher A. Johnson as rector of All Saints’, Pontiac, Mich.

The Rev. Leslie Nesin as priest in charge of St. Thomas’ in Winn, Maine.

The Rev. Dr. Marci Pounders as parish priest at St. John the Apostle, Pottsboro, Texas.

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Sinnott as vicar of La Sagrada Familia de Jesus, Kennedyville, Md.

Ms. Sandra Stevenson as the Episcopal Church in Minnesota’s missioner for systems and data

The Rev. Anne West as priest in charge of Grace Church, Stanardsville, and Piedmont Church, Madison, Va.

Deconsecrations-Closures

St. Paul’s, Maryville, Mo.

Trinity Church, Saugerties, N.Y.

Appointments

The Rev. Yaa A.K. Addison is associate rector of Grace, Silver Spring, Md.

The Rev. Canon Andrew Arakawa is the Diocese of Hawaii’s canon for ministry formation.

The Rev. Dave Bauec is the Diocese of Wisconsin’s Region A missioner.

The Ven. Bert Bibens is the Diocese of Oklahoma’s archdeacon.

The Rev. Lisa Bornt is interim rector of Good Shepherd, Towson, Md.

The Rev. Mac Brown is rector of St. Bartholomew’s, Pittsboro, N.C.

The Rev. Jody Burnett is rector of St. Paul’s, Mobile, Ala.

The Rev. Deacon Teri Calinao is curate at St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs, Fla.

The Rev. Brian Cleary is rector of All Souls, N. Fort Myers, Fla.

The Rev. Sandra Curtis is chaplain at Palmer Trinity School, Miami.

Mr. Keith Daw is the Diocese of Florida’s chief operating officer.

Dr. Colin Donnelly is Virginia Seminary’s assistant professor of church history.

Ms. Katie Forsyth is the Diocese of Southern Ohio’s canon for communications.

The Rt. Rev. Daniel Genovesi is rector of St. Andrew’s, Emporia, Kan.

The Rev. Melissa Hartley, Ph.D., is priest associate at Nativity, Huntsville, Ala.

The Rev. Canon Kelley Hudlow is instructor of preaching at Bexley Seabury Seminary.

The Rev. Sean Kim is rector of St. Mary’s, Kansas City, Mo.

The Rev. Esther Kramer is the Diocese of Wisconsin’s Region D missioner.

The Rev. Kyle Mackey is rector of St. Patrick’s, Albany, Ga.

The Rev. Charles Mercer is long-term supply priest at St. James’, Lafayette Square, Baltimore.

The Rev. Eric Miller is rector of St. John’s, Charleston, W.Va.

The Rev. Canon Jason Oden is rector of Indian Hill Episcopal-Presbyterian, Cincinnati.

The Rev. Jimmy Pickett is priest in charge of St. John’s, Athol, and missioner for community, formation, and outreach at Sts. James and Andrew, Greenfield, Mass.

Mr. Eric Ridenour is the Diocese of West Virginia’s chief financial officer.

The Rev. Deacon Audra Ryes is rector of St. Patrick’s, Zachary, La.

Mr. Paul Schutz Jr. is the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon’s director of communications.

The Rev. Jennifer Scott-Jones is rector of Iona-Hope, Ft. Myers, Fla.

Ms. Jessica St. Clair Smith is Diocese of Upper South Carolina’s director of communications and marketing.

The Rev. Sarah Smith is head chaplain at Holland Hall School and associate priest at Christ Church, Tulsa, Okla.

The Rev. Brian Staude is rector of St. James, Manitowoc, Wis.

Mr. Mark Sullivan is office administrator for the Diocese of the Great Lakes.

The Rev. Michael Sweeney is priest in charge of Christ Church, Guilford, Conn.

The Rev. Jana Troutman-Miller is the Diocese of Wisconsin’s Region E missioner.

The Rev. Dr. Herschel V.E. Wade III is associate for discipleship at Redeemer, Cincinnati.

The Rev. Nathan Webb is interim rector of St. Matthias, Athens, and vicar at St. James on the Lake, Kemp, Texas.

The Rev. Preston Yancey is interim associate rector of St. Paul’s, Waco, Texas.

Ordinations

Diaconate

Central New York: Edwin Way

Louisiana: Less Mut

New Hampshire: Nicole Benevenia, A.J. Boots

Northern Indiana: Thomas Anthony Gresik

Western New York: Phil Cunningham, Rich Inserra, Jeffrey Tooke

Priesthood

Atlanta: Caroline Mae Carter (assistant rector of St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville, Va.), Kathryn Claire Crewdson (middle school chaplain, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Atlanta), Robert James Farrow (priest in charge, St. Nicholas, Hamilton, Ga.), Christopher P. McAbee (associate rector, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, Miss.)

California: Erin Wiens (assisting clergy, St. Paul’s, San Rafael)

Central Pennsylvania: Kevin Matthew Lowe (assisting clergy, St. John’s, Bellefonte)

Easton: Stephanie Bernadette Clayville (vicar, St. Mary the Virgin, Pocomoke City, Md.)

Indianapolis: Cory Irwin (curate, St. Paul’s, New Albany and St. Paul’s, Jeffersonville, Ind.)

Maryland: Connie Thompson Bowman, Karin Jori Ekholm (curate, Christ Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.), Kristen Elizabeth Paul (rector, Christ Church, Natchitoches, La.), Natalie Deloris Tinner

New Hampshire: Joe Rose (associate rector, St. James’s, West Hartford, Conn.)

Northwest Texas: Zachary John Bartkus (curate, All Saints,’ Fort Worth)

Washington: Aaron Robert Dunn (associate rector, Grace Church, Silver Spring, Md.), Mary Caitlin Frazier (curate, St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.)

West Missouri: Silas Engstrom (curate, St. James, Springfield), Katherine Louise Mansfield (curate, Christ Church, Springfield)

West Virginia: Marilou McClung, William Bill Sigler (priest in charge, Good Shepherd, Hansford), Martina Steiner Unger, Scott Williams

Wisconsin: Rob Davis, Hunter Farrow, Meredith Harmon (assisting clergy, St. Paul’s, Watertown), Ryan Robinson-Delaney (assisting clergy, St. Mary’s, Dousman), Chris Warne

This transition came at the perfect time for me and my family. I was wrapping up my first year of full-time teaching, a year that had proved rather difficult for personal, familial, communal, ecclesial, and financial reasons. I’ll spare the gory details except to note that a move away from a deep community in the affordable Midwest to the isolation and expense of the Bay Area, coupled with the need to temporarily rehome our beloved dog, the inestimable Professor Argyle P. Woodford, was taxing. It was bad enough that I’d decided to give it another year, after which, if things had not markedly improved, I would leave academia and find something else to do with myself. Taking on the editorship cannot account for all of the improvements that came to our life at that crucial moment, but it did play a role. My wife’s employment clicked into place with a job she loves, we were able to move into a place that would allow us to keep a dog — thus ending the exile of the “Avignon Pup-acy” — and so on and so forth. Editing Covenant was an ingredient in salvaging my career and my family’s overall wellbeing.

And what a ride it’s been. Working as an editor has joys and frustrations that only those behind the editor’s desk can truly appreciate. To see the wind catch the sails of an excellent piece, or to watch a promising but not ready for primetime essay go through iterative growth until it’s ready to see the light of day and make its important contribution, are eminently satisfying. Similarly, the opportunity to foster public discourse, to help give shape to vital conversations affecting the life of my church, the Communion of churches of which it is part, and, beyond both, the wider church catholic is a high calling and a great honor. I’ll leave the frustrations to the side. It is a part of the editor’s calling to bear those in silence, in deference to the platform and the authors, though I do metaphorically give anyone else who’s done this work a knowing look and say, “real ones know.”

There are so many moments of which I’m proud from my editorial tenure, during which time Covenant published 1,440 essays. We published our first genuinely interreligious essay, a Muslim reflection on the Blessed Virgin Mary. We tackled such hot topics as how churches were weathering the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, or protests concerning police brutality, or how to approach the questions of race and racism. While my political commitments are decidedly leftward (I sometimes joke about how frustrating it is to live in California and have all these liberals to the right of me), I hope that we’ve published a fair representative spread of outlooks and perspectives on these issues.

One of the particularly cool things about editing Covenant is that one day I may be working with and publishing work from theologians of the highest stature within and beyond our Communion, and then the next, featuring the work of a faithful parish priest, or a layperson whom no one has ever heard of. While we are not singular in this regard, I do think we’re relatively unique in having that sort of range in what we offer and from whom.

Relatedly, as I look back, one of the themes of my time as editor is an attempt to broaden our scope. While The Living Church and Covenant have a (largely earned) reputation for conservatism, this is only a partial truth. Our ranks are not monolithic, and a considerable part of our mission is to eschew partisan factionalism and instead foster open and authentic dialogue within the church and the Communion, and beyond. In keeping with this mandate, I have sought to feature authors and essays that move beyond our perceived party line, sometimes to the consternation of those who’d like us to just be a bunch of conservative Episcopalians — no Catholics or progressives welcome, thank you very much! In general, though, I have judged this broadening to be well-received, and at the very least worth the cost of sometimes fraught receptions.

During my five years at the helm, we have also expanded our roster of regular contributors, with a particular eye toward diversity (racial, gender, and geographic), and now boast authors from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific, and, of course, the Canadian, American, and British core that one would expect when dealing with Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church.

I have not shied away from controversy in the role, attracting umbrage from all points along the political and ideological spectrum. While there was a time that I’d have said that if you’re being attacked by both the left and the right, it’s a good sign you’re doing the right thing, I don’t necessarily subscribe to that notion any longer. It’s possible to be so wrong that even folks who disagree on most else can clearly see it. However, I have tried to operate with clarity within the mission of The Living Church and Covenant. We face fraught, vexing, and divisive issues, and the only faithful way forward is to find a way forward together, forgoing schism or coercion, and instead walking in the way of communion, of charity, and of persuasion. Our conservative reputation notwithstanding, in the end our mandate and mission is not to be conservative, but to help all Anglicans — and, beyond Anglicanism, all Christians — of whatever party persuasion to hold one another fast, even amid our disagreements, for the sake of that unity for which Jesus Christ prayed, that unity for which he died. I know for a certainty that I’ve not always gotten this right during my editorship, but I take comfort in knowing that this has been my consistent aim.

And now, consistent with that aim, the time has come for me to hang up my editorial hat, and to mix the metaphor by passing the baton to my successor, the Rev. Dr. Calvin Lane. Cal is a fine church historian, and brings a depth of pastoral wisdom, gained through years of parish ministry, into the mix. When I spoke with him about the realities of the work involved in editing Covenant and heard his vision for how he’d like to see this online journal develop, I was confident that I’d be leaving the publication in worthy, competent hands.

For all things there’s a season, and the season for me to edit Covenant is drawing to its close. Having given five years to the endeavor, I’m satisfied with what I’ve done, and I think I’ve done just about all that it’s in me to do. As I’ve reached middle age, I’ve had the growing conviction that life is all too brief. The promise of the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come notwithstanding, there’s a truth that we only get this one life. There are other tasks, callings, and responsibilities that I want to devote myself to, and allowing Cal to take the reins will free precious time to do so. I’m so grateful for the time I’ve had to do this work, and I’m so hopeful for the time that remains to me to work on other things.

Orate pro me, amici.

Appointments

The Rev. Brian Austin, Ph.D., is deacon administrator of Annunciation, Newport, Tenn.

The Very Rev. Rebecca Barnes is dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, N.Y.

The Rev. Kristin Braun is associate rector of St. David’s, Austin, Texas.

The Rev. Jody Burnett is rector of St. Paul’s, Mobile, Ala.

The Rev. Les Carpenter is rector of St. Andrew’s, Rocky Mount, N.C.

The Rev. Chris Cole is priest in charge of St. Dunstan’s, Tulsa.

The Rev. Michael Crandall is deacon in charge of St. George’s, Summerville, S.C.

The Rev. Melina Dezhbod is assistant rector for church growth at St. Elizabeth’s, Ridgewood, N.J.

The Rev. Thomas Early, O.A., is rector of St. John’s By the Campus, Ames, Iowa.

The Rev. Claire Elser is rector of St. Matthew’s, Lincoln, Neb.

The Rev. Deacon Loretta Go is bishop’s chaplain in the Diocese of Missouri.

The Rev. Les Hegwood is rector of St. Philip’s, Jackson, Miss.

The Rev. Teri Hunter is priest in charge of St. John and St. Mark, Albany, Ga.

The Rev. Kenn Katona is rector of St. Alban’s, Newtown Square, Pa.

The Rev. Dan Krutz is interim director of Solomon Episcopal Conference Center, Loranger, La.

Canon Alexandra Leonard is the Diocese of Arizona’s canon for Black ministry.

The Rev. Timothy C. MacDonald is deacon in charge of Nativity, Sarasota, Fla.

The Rev. Matthew McCormick is rector of St. Thomas, North Charleston, S.C.

The Rev. James Medley is rector of Church of the Holy Spirit, Fall River, Mass.

The Rev. Ryan Missel is priest in charge of Christ Church, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

The Rev. Pauline Wanjiru Njiru is priest in charge of Grace Chapel, Brockton, Mass.

The Hon. Todd Pittenger is the Diocese of Central Florida’s chancellor.

The Rev. Aaron Rogers is priest in charge of St. Stephen’s and the Vine, Ferguson, Mo.

The Rev. Kije Rwamasirabo is resource priest to Brandywine Collaborative Ministries, Claymont, Del.

The Rev. William Simerly is curate at St. Elizabeth’s, Farragut, Tenn.

The Rev. Marion Sprott is the Diocese of North Carolina’s transition ministry officer.

The Rev. Edward Thornley is rector of St. John the Evangelist, Hingham, Mass.

The Rev. Christina van Liew is assisting priest at All Saints, Fort Worth, Texas.

The Rev. John Wakefield is rector of Epiphany, South Haven, Mich.

Retirements

The Rev. Kit Carlson as rector of All Saints, East Lansing, Mich.

The Rev. Mary Claugus as rector of St. Michael’s, Carmichael, Calif.

The Rev. Nancy Cook as deacon at St. Matthew’s, Benton, Ark.

The Rev. Canon Mike Ehmer as canon to the ordinary of Northwest Texas.

The Rev. Cheryl Lynn Fox as vicar of St. John’s Episcopal-Lutheran, Williams, Ariz.

Canon Jo Ann Hardy as canon to the ordinary and chief operating officer of the Diocese of Michigan.

The Rev. Roy Hills as priest in charge of St. James-Santee, McClellanville, S.C.

The Rev. Lisa Hunt as rector of St. Stephen’s, Houston.

The Very Rev. Dr. S. Scott Hunter as dean and rector of Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit.

Canon Steve Hutchinson as the Diocese of Utah’s chancellor and general counsel

The Rev. Richard McKeon as rector of Messiah, Rhinebeck, N.Y.

The Rev. Charles Mercer as rector of St. Mary the Virgin, Baltimore

The Rev. Gwyneth MacKenzie Murphy as priest in charge of Good Shepherd, Granite Springs, N.Y.

The Rev. Elizabeth Sherman as vicar and chaplain of St. Augustine’s-Episcopal Center at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

The Very Rev. Michael White as rector of Christ Church, Savannah, Ga.

Merger

St. Martha’s Episcopal Church and Word of Hope Lutheran Church have merged to become Grace United Lutheran Episcopal Church, Lexington, Ky.