This is the first of two People & Places posts from the February 18 edition.
Appointments
The Rev. Doug Adkins is director of congregational life at St. Matthew’s, Louisville, Ky.
The Rev. Jean Beniste is rector of St. Paul’s, Concord, N.H.
The Rev. Jana Branson is rector of All Saints Memorial, Sacramento, Calif.
The Rev. Michele Causton is Title IV intake officer for the Diocese of Bethlehem.
The Rev. Christopher Cole is rector of Calvary, Summit, N.J.
The Rev. John Conner, S.S.C., is rector of St. Andrew’s, Edwardsville, Ill.
The Very Rev. Johnny Cook is interim rector of St. Paul’s, Mobile, Ala.
The Rev. James C. Dannals is interim vicar of St. Cyprian’s, St. Augustine, Fla.
Ms. Laura Elliot is executive director of Lake Logan Conference and Camp Center, Canon, N.C.
The Rev. Jonathan French is rector of St. Mark’s, Geneva, Ill.
The Rev. Canon David Getreu is rector of a four-parish collaboration in southeast Ohio: St. Philip’s, Circleville; St. Paul’s, Chillicothe; St. John’s, Lancaster; and St. Paul’s, Logan.
The Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray III is vicar of Nativity, Water Valley, Miss.
The Rev. Melissa Howell is rector of Christ Church, Plymouth, Mass.
The Rev. Kelly Jennings is assistant rector for children’s ministry at St. Mark’s, Austin, Texas.
The Rev. Canon Leyla King is canon for mission in small congregations in the Diocese of West Texas.
The Rev. Canon Kristin Krantz is the Diocese of Maryland’s canon for transitions.
The Rt. Rev. Gary Lillibridge is interim rector of Christ Church, San Antonio.
Ms. Beth Marquart is executive assistant to the Bishop of West Virginia.
The Rev. Michael Melendez is deacon at St. Peter’s-San Pedro, Salem, Mass.
The Rev. Thomas Ortung is priest in charge of St. Michael’s, Marblehead, Mass.
The Rev. Sara Palmer is rector of All Souls, Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Martin Pommerenke is curate at St. Paul’s, Bellingham, Wash.
The Rev. Canon Petero Sabune is priest in charge of St. Andrew’s, Tucson, Ariz.
The Rev. Ken Simon is priest in charge of St. Andrew’s, La Mesa, Ariz.
The Rev. H. Mark Smith is deacon at St. Mark’s, Dorchester, and St. Bartholomew’s, Cambridge, Mass.
The Rev. Alyssa Stebbing is rector of St. Christopher’s, Austin, Texas.
The Rev. Canon Dina van Klaveren is the Diocese of Maryland’s canon for development and stewardship.
The Rev. Canon Erika von Haaren is priest in charge of Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix.
The Rev. Peter Wallace is rector of St. Timothy’s, ‘Aiea, Hawaii.
The Rev. Monica Whitaker is rector of St. Matthew’s, Chandler, Ariz.
The Rev. Gethin J. Wied is rector of Trinity, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Ordinations
Diaconate
Arizona: Frances Aline Coleman, Carsten Michael Seiler, Michael Ray Smithston, Lucian Berry Taylor III
Arkansas: Thomas Alexander
California: Annalise Brittany Deal, Benjamin Simon Dinglasan Jr., Rebekah Anne Hays Estera, Brendan Francis Nee, Jeremy Robert O’Neill, Calvin Payne-Taylor, David Thomas Poynor IV, Larisa Yeranig Shaterian, Erin Wiens St. John
Dallas: Andrew Lee Crowson
Florida: Teri Calinao
Kansas: Susan Jo Byler
Maryland: Connie Thompson Bowman, Karin Jori Ekholm, Kristen Elizabeth Paul, Matthew Frerking Reese, Natalie Deloris Tinner
Milwaukee: Louise Simpson Reavis Austin, Lisa Chmielewski, Robert E. Davis, Hunter James Farrow, Christopher William Warne
Northern California: Mark George Dibelka, Paul W. Mallatt
Northwest Texas: Zachary John Bartkus
Vermont: Susan McMillan (serving Vermont Interfaith Action)
Washington: Aaron Robert Dunn, Mary Caitlin Frazier
West Missouri: Mark Andrew Bowers, Silas Engstrom, Katherine Louise Mansfield
Priesthood
Alabama: Mary Katherine Kirk
Arkansas: Casey Anderson-Molina
Bethlehem: William Arthur Stewart (Good Shepherd, Milford, Pa.)
California: Lisa Virginia da Silva, Whitney Kay Wilson
Connecticut: Christopher Legaspi Gregorio, Timothy Gardner Hamlin, Dylan Christopher Mello, Michael John Southwick, Cecil James Tengatenga, Roxana Elisa Videla
Kansas: Joann Grace Carroll (for West Missouri), Caroline Katherine Howard, Martha Jean Lamoy
Los Angeles: Joshua Hing Shing Wong, Melvin Maximiano Soriano, Jonathan Timothy Stoner
Upper South Carolina: Christopher Michael Johnson
Retirements
The Rev. T. Randy Cash as the Diocese of San Diego’s military missioner
The Rev. Canon Timothy Dombek as rector of Church of the Advent, Sun City West, Ariz.
The Rev. Duane Fox as priest in charge of St. Paul’s, White Shield, N.D.
The Rev. Glennda Hardin as deacon of St. Cornelius, Belton, Texas
The Rev. Christopher Jambor as rector of All Saints’, Fort Worth
The Rev. Russ Merrill as rector of St. Paul’s, Corunna, Mich.
The Rev. Mary Slenski as interim rector of Christ Church, Madison, Ind.
The Rev. Dr. John Switzer, Ob.S.B., as first rector of St. Pierre’s, Gautier, Miss.; he is now rector emeritus and the parish’s theologian in residence.
The Rev. Mary Lee Wile as deacon at St. Paul’s, Brunswick, Maine
Deconsecrations-Closures
Trinity of Morrisania, Bronx, N.Y.
Merger
San Jorge, Central Falls, and St. Luke’s Pawtucket, R.I., have merged and are now Iglesia Episcopal San Jorge, Pawtucket.
