John R. Shiner, chancellor emeritus, dies at 81
Diocesan Chancellor Emeritus John R. Shiner – lead attorney who represented the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in litigation resulting in a unanimous and landmark decision...
The Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III, 70, dies in automobile accident in Mexico
The Rev. Canon George Frederick Woodward III -- rector since 2018 of St. Paul's Anglican Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and from 1995 to 2018 rector of St....
The Rev. Philip Strange dies at 84; service set for Aug. 16
The Rev. Philip Ross Strange – a veteran priest who served as rector of St. Paul’s, Lancaster; St. Michael’s, Riverside; and parishes in New Mexico and Texas – died July 30...
The Rev. Philip Strange dies at 84
The Rev. Philip Ross Strange – a veteran priest who served as rector of St. Paul’s, Lancaster; St. Michael’s, Riverside; and parishes in New Mexico and Texas – died July 30...
RIP: The Reverend Canon Mary Goshert Ekenstam
The Rev. Canon Mary Linda Foster Goshert Ekenstam, former rector of St. Ambrose’s Church, Claremont, and St. Peter’s Church, Santa Maria, died June 11 from ovarian cancer....
Markham B. Campaigne, former headmaster of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, dies at 83
Markham B. Campaigne — a former headmaster of St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, who was instrumental to the schools growth as the longest-serving...
The Rev. Canon Peter Kreitler, environmental advocate, dies at 82
The Rev. Canon Peter G. Kreitler – longtime advocate for the stewardship of creation and a former diocesan minister for the environment – died May 16 at his home in Pacific...
Elsie Sadler, former senior warden at Pasadena’s All Saints Church, dies at 97
Elsie Cory Sadler, a longtime senior warden of All Saints Church in Pasadena and a former vice president of development at Huntington Memorial Hospital, died Feb. 6 in La...
The Rev. Canon Richard Estrada, champion of immigrants and youth-at-risk, dies at 83
The Rev. Canon Richard Estrada – who championed the rights of immigrants and at-risk youth throughout his longtime priesthood, first as a Claretian Catholic and later as an...
Palisades lay leader Carol Lanning dies at 95
Canon Carol Lanning – a former senior warden of St. Matthew’s Church in Pacific Palisades and a longtime assistant to the late actor Charlton Heston – died Feb. 18. She was...
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