Clergy & Staff

Leadership in the Episcopal Church is shared mutually between the lay people and ordained people.  The Episcopal Church teaches that lay persons, bishops, priests, and deacons are all ministers who do the work of the Church.  Christ Church (officially known as The Parish of Christ the Redeemer) is a congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of New York and is under the jurisdiction and pastoral direction of the Bishops of New York.  Christ Church, like every Episcopal congregation elects its own governing board, known as the Vestry, from among its lay members at an annual meeting and election.   With the approval of the Bishop the Vestry elects a priest as Rector, and the Rector serves with tenure until he or she retires or is called to some new ministry in the wider church.  The Rector, working with the Vestry, hires and calls staff members and other clergy to assist as needed.  You can learn more about how an Episcopal Church is governed in the Constitution & Canons of the Episcopal Church, the Constitution & Canons of the Diocese of New York, and the Christ Church Bylaws.