The Very Rev. David Hodges, president of the Saint Francis Foundation and chief development officer of Saint Francis Community Services, is the 18th dean of Christ Cathedral in Salina, Kansas.
The Rt. Rev. Michael Milliken, Bishop of Western Kansas, installed Hodges on April 26. Before his appointment as dean on Jan. 1, he had served as the cathedral’s provost for 10 months.
Before joining Saint Francis, Fr. Hodges served as vice president for external affairs at Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Birmingham. He also served as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.