Deployment Report (July 2024)
New Calls and Transitions
- The Rt. Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells was ordained and consecrated XI Bishop of Mississippi on July 20 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Ridgeland.
- The Rt. Rev. Brian R. Seage, X Bishop of Mississippi, passed the crozier to Bishop Wells on July 20 and will reside in Belvedere, CA.
- The Rev. Christine Marie Schaefer has accepted the vestry’s call to serve as rector of St. Pierre’s, Gautier. Mtr. Chris began her duties on August 1.
- The Rt. Rev. Morris King Thompson, Jr., Bishop of Louisiana, res., will serve as interim rector of St. James’, Jackson, effective September 1.
Churches/Chaplaincies in Transition
- Redeemer, Brookhaven
- Calvary, Cleveland
- Good Shepherd, Columbus
- Christ Church, Holly Springs
- St. James’, Jackson (as of 8/31/2024)
- St. Matthew’s, Kosciusko
- Mediator, Meridian
- Trinity, Natchez
- St. Peter’s, Oxford
- Canterbury: Mississippi State University / Resurrection, Starkville
- Incarnation, West Point
Faithful Departed (August 2024)
Please submit Faithful Departed notices to your church for submission
- Henderson Strain Hall, Jr., 76, communicant of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, died July 18, 2023.
- Dorothy “Dot” Hannah Kitchings, 93, communicant of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, died July 18, 2023.
- Jonathan Baird Smith, 47, communicant of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, died September 23, 2023.
- William Thaddeus McLaurin, III, 85, communicant of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, died December 27, 2023.
- Jerry W Welch, M.D., 81, communicant of St John’s, Laurel, died June 22, 2024.
- Michael Wayne Boyd, 67, communicant of St. James’, Greenville, died July 17, 2024.
- Woodie H. Abraham, Jr., 90, communicant of St. Paul’s, Meridian, died July 21, 2024.
- W.C. (Bill) Mathews, Jr., 90, communicant of All Saints’, Tupelo, died July 22, 2024.
- Nancy Ann Harris, 90, communicant of St. Andrew’s, Jackson, died February 22, 2024.
