RIP: Nancy Jeanne Doss
June 20, 1946 – March 9, 2023 Nancy Doss, lay representative to Diocesan Council from Deanery 7 and lay leader at Trinity Church, Redlands, died March 9 of cancer. She was...
RIP: The Reverend Paul Robert Elder
June 17, 1937 - February 16, 2023 The Rev. Paul Elder, deacon at St. Aidan's Church, Malibu, and passionate advocate for the poor and homeless, died Feb. 16. He was 86 and...
RIP: Mimi Alexander Simson
October 20, 1925 - January 5, 2023 Mimi Simson, retired college professor and widow of the Rev. Canon Everett Simson, former dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Los Angeles, and...
Canon Lydia Lopez – civil rights leader and ‘interpreter’ across cultures – dies at 80
[The Episcopal News] Canon Lydia Lopez – who for more than 50 years served the Diocese of Los Angeles and wider Episcopal Church as a lay leader, civil rights advocate, and...
The Reverend George Six
November 22, 1934 - December 27, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. George Six, onetime vicar of Christ the King Church, Palmdale (1995 - 1999), and briefly rector of St....
The Reverend John William Conrad, D.Min
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. John William Conrad, D.Min, rector of All Saints’ Church, Riverside, from 2008 to 2018, died Jan. 16 of pancreatic cancer. Though he and his wife, Shannon, had recently divided their time between homes in Michigan and Mexico, he passed away in Riverside during a holiday visit.
The Rev. Joseph Austin Erickson, Jr.
April 30, 1924 - December 28, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Joseph Austin Erickson, Jr., clinical psychologist and a former rector of St. Mark's Church, Upland (1954 -...
Carmen Elaine ‘Jetea’ Glosson Johnson
[The Episcopal News] Carmen Elaine “Jetea” Glosson Johnson – a longtime educator and member of the Union of Black Episcopalians – died Oct. 7 at Loma Linda University...
The Reverend William McCord Thigpen III
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. William McCord “Mac” Thigpen III – whose ministry in Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002 included his appointment in 1991 as the bishop’s liaison to...
The Reverend Canon Samuel Mortimer Ward IV
September 29, 1937 - July 28, 2022 The Rev. Canon Samuel Mortimer (Mort) Ward IV, who served many congregations of the diocese in his long ministry as an interim priest and...
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