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People and Places, 12/31

Appointments

This is the first of two columns from the December 21 edition of TLC. It includes appointments and ordinations across the Episcopal Church.

The Rev Javier Almendárez-Bautista is rector of Holy Family, Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Rev. Dr. Gerardo Aponte-Safe is rector of St. Stephen’s, Troy, Mich.

The Rev. Andrew Armond is rector of All Saints, East Lansing, Mich.

The Rev. Carissa Baldwin-McGinnis is rector of St. Stephen’s, Houston.

The Rev. Christopher Beeley is priest in charge of Ware Church, Gloucester, Va.

The Rev. Erica Benson is rector of St. Thomas, Trenton, Mich.

The Rev. Ryan Bloyd-Wiseman is priest in charge of Emmanuel, Winchester, Ky.

The Rev. David Braddock is vicar of St. Paul’s, Altus, Okla.

The Rev. Meaghan Kelly Brower is rector of Trinity, Newport, R.I.

The Rev. Gayle Cantinella is rector of St. Michael’s in the Hills, Ottawa Hills, Ohio.

The Rev. Canon Steve Carlsen is interim rector of Trinity, Tulsa, Okla.

The Rev. Dr. Bill Carroll is senior associate rector at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

The Rev. Beverly Collinsworth is priest in charge of Emmanuel, Franklin, Va.

The Rev. Melissa Congleton is rector of St. Katherine’s, Williamston, Mich.

The Rev. Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley is director of theological education and senior research fellow in religion, homiletics, and ecclesiology at Episcopal Divinity School.

The Rev. Brad Daugherty is priest in charge of St. Mark’s, Antioch, Tenn.

The Rev. Diane DeBlasio is priest in charge of St. Mary’s, Ronkonkoma, N.Y.

The Rev. Don Fleischman is priest in charge of St. Mark’s, Milwaukee.

The Rev. Kim Fonder is superintending presbyter of the Mni Sose Episcopal Mission (Christ Church, Chamberlain; St. John the Baptist, Cow Creek; Holy Comforter, Lower Brule; Holy Name, Fort George; St. Alban’s, Fort Hale; Christ Church, Fort Thompson; Messiah, Iron Nation; Holy Comforter, Lower Brule, S.D.).

The Rev. T.J. Freeman is rector of St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

The Rev. Peter Gray is chaplain to Grace Unlimited at Butler University, Indianapolis, and regional young adult missioner for the Diocese of Indianapolis.

The Rev. James Green is assisting clergy at St. Paul’s, Wilmington, N.C.

The Rev. Tim Griffin is priest in charge of St. Stephen’s, Whitehall, and priest in charge of St. Mark’s & St. John’s, Jim Thorpe, Pa.

The Rev. William Heran is assisting priest at the Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu.

The Rev. Lise Hilderbrandt is priest associate at St. Anne’s, North Billerica, Mass.

The Rev. Leslie Holdridge is chaplain at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Boulder City, Nev.

The Rev. David Jutsum is clergy in charge of St. Stephen’s, Heathsville, Va.

The Rev. Darryl Kemp is the Diocese of Maryland’s Baltimore mission developer.

The Rev. Ted Kirchharr is priest in charge of St. Monica’s, Cantonment, Fla.

The Rev. Canon Eddie Lopez is rector of St. Andrew’s, Longmeadow, Mass.

The Rev. Jeremy Lucas is missioner for the Diocese of Colorado’s Northwest Region.

The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Mae Magill is Episcopal Divinity School’s coordinator for community life.

The Rev. Dr. Joseph McGarry is vicar of the Episcopal Mission of Warren County (St. Francis of Assisi, Youngsville, and Trinity Memorial, Warren, Pa.).

The Rev. Dan Messier is interim rector of St. Francis in the Valley, Green Valley, Ariz.

The Rev. Michael Angel Molina Jr. is chaplain PRN at Holisticare Hospice, Allentown, Pa.

The Rev. Theresa Newell is priest in charge of Redeemer, Kenmore, Wash.

The Rev. Curt Norman is rector of St. Stephen’s, Beaumont, Texas.

The Rev. Dana Orwig is interim chaplain of St. Mary’s School, Edmond, Okla.

The Rev. Modayil Phillips is priest in charge of All Saints, Rhawnhurst, Pa.

The Rev. Margaret Pollock is priest in charge of St. Francis, Goldsboro, N.C.

The Rev. Hillary Raining is rector of St. Columba’s, Washington, D.C.

The Rev. Canon Johnnie E. Ross is transitional priest in charge of St. James, Batavia, N.Y.

The Rev. David Rude is long-term supply priest at St. Alban’s, Oakland, N.J.

The Rev. Andrew Rutledge is rector of St. Mark’s in-the-Valley, Los Olivos, Calif.

The Very Rev. Dr. J. Michael Shaffer is rector of St. Mark’s, Charleston, S.C.

The Rev. Dr. Christopher Simpson is rector of St. Mary the Virgin, Big Spring, Texas.

The Rev. Annette Sines is deacon at St. George, Fort George, Fla.

The Rev. Kirstin Springmeyer is priest in charge of Christ Church, Madison, Ind.

The Rev. Canon Dr. Lauren R. Stanley is canon to the ordinary of the Diocese of South Dakota.

The Rev. Aidan Stoddart is associate rector at St. Luke in the Fields, New York.

The Rev. Susan Treanor is priest in charge of St. Paul’s, Montrose, Pa.

The Rev. Jessie Turnier is priest in charge of All Saints,’ Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

The Rev. Rodney Underwood is pastor of St. Paul’s, Durant, Iowa.

The Rev. Laurence Wainwright-Maks is priest in charge of St. John’s Grace, Buffalo, N.Y.

The Rev. Cheryl Wagoner is deacon at St. Mark’s, Wilmington, N.C.

The Rev. Rebecca Warlow is deacon at Sherwood Parish, Cockeysville, Md.

The Rev. Peyton Williams is associate rector at Heavenly Rest, New York.

The Rev. Greg Wilson is rector of Grace, Talleyville, Del.

The Rev. Carrie Wright is chaplain at St. Paul’s School, New Orleans.

Ordinations
Diaconate

Alabama: Kristin Hanson BlackerbyDeQuincy Deshawn HallTaylor Franklin Johnson

Ecuador Central: Verònica JaramilloJohnny LeónLuis Suarez

Georgia: Jamie Patrick ClaytonDeb LuginbuhlMary Lynn Tyson

Hawaii: Priscilla Kalanikauika’akaneo HolokaiCatherine McPherson-Tampo

New Jersey: Mark Hernandez (deacon, All Saints’, Princeton), Roberto Rojas, (deacon, All Saints, Lakewood

Rio Grande: Gary Brewton

Southern Ohio: MaryJane PloteThomas J. Tompkins

Southwest Florida: Miranda Channing Harrison-Quillin

Virginia: Maureen Carey

West Texas: Deepu Varughese George

Wyoming: Michael Fenn

Priesthood

Alabama: Paul Gaston Petznik (priest in charge, St. Paul’s, Carlowville)

Central Florida: Kimberely Kay Spear (assisting priest, St. Edward’s, Mount Dora)

Central Gulf Coast: Drew Downey (assistant rector, Christ Church, Glen Allen, Va.)

Chicago: Stefi Baiju (associate rector, St. Lawrence, Libertyville), John Colin Collette (director of music, All Saints, Chicago), Bryan MatiasShannon Page (curate, St. Augustine’s, Wilmette), Stephan Quarles (assisting priest, St. Paul’s, Peoria)

Ecuador Central: Luis Ignacio Botello (missioner, El Buen Pastor, Quito), Christian Quinteros

New Jersey: Jose (Joe) Luzardo (assisting priest, St. John’s, Elizabeth), Kevin Thompson, (assisting priest, All Saints’, Navesink)

West Tennessee (on behalf of Colorado): Christina Salzer (curate, Holy Communion, Memphis)

Correction: The original version of this column incorrectly identified the Rev. Canon Lauren Stanley as superintending presbyter of the Standing Rock Mission.

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