Our Clergy - Present and Past

Our Current Rector:

38. The Rev. Leslie (Les) Ferguson

December 15, 2010

Previous Rectors:

37. The Rev. Earnest Graham, III (Interim)
February 1, 2008 - December 15, 2010

36. The Rev. Charles A. Robinson
September 1, 2004 -

35. The Rev. Nancy Lee Jose

December 24, 2002 - September 15, 2004
Interim Rector

34. The Rev. Christopher Wilson

January 2002 - June 27, 2004
Supply Rector

33. The Rev. Matthew Webster Maughan, III

April 15, 1988 - ?
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

32. The Rev. Douglas Donald Dunn, III

1987- 1988
Interim Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

31. The Rev. Wayne Parker Wright

July 1, 1980 - December 1986
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

30. The Rev. John Lorne McKeller

July 1, 1978 - November 1, 1979
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

29. The Rev. Richard Oliver Bridgeford

November 27, 1977 - June 25, 1978
Interim Pastor

28. The Rev. Herman McGolrick Kennickell, Jr.

November 15, 1970 - 1976
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

27. The Rev. Joseph R. Walker

1967 - 1967
Interim Rector

26. The Rev. William Edward Thomsen, Jr.

October 15, 1960 - October 19, 1969
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

25. The Rev. Charles E. Stewart

1957 - 1958
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

24. The Rev. H. Walter Whichard

1955 - 1957
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s Churches

23. The Rev. John A. Winslow

1947 - 1955
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s Churches

22. The Rev. Louis A. Haskell

1941 - 1946
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s Churches

21. The Rev. Edward Patton Miner

1904 - 1941
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

20. The Rev. John Hollowell Dickinson

July 15, 1897 - December 1, 1898
Rector of Glebe and St. John’s Churches

19. The Rev. Jno. Newton McCormick

January 15, 1893 - ?
Rector of both Upper (and Lower) Parishes in Nansemond County

18. The Rev. Henry L. Derby

1889 - April 1, 1892
Rector of both Upper and Lower Parishes in Nansemond County

17. The Rev. Douglas Hooff

June 24, 1881 - 1888
Rector of both Upper and Lower Parishes in Nansemond County

16. The Rev. James B. Craighill

April 1, 1873 - 1880
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s Churches

15. The Rev. G. W. Phelps

1871 - 1872
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s churches

14. The Rev. John H. Wingfield,

The Rev. John H. D. Wingfield
The Rev. Churchill J. Gibson
November 1, 1870 - 1871
Supply clergy

13. The Rev. George W. Easter

January 1, 1868 - October 31, 1870
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s churches

12. The Rev. George T. Williams

1865 - 1867
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s churches

Abandoned
1862 - 1864
Federal troop occupation during the Civil War

The Rev. George T. Williams

1860 - 1861
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s churches

11. The Rev. Edwin W. Murray

May 1857 - 1858
Rector of Lower Parish in Nansemond County

10. The Rev. Chauncey Colton

October 1, 1855 - May 1857
Rector of Upper Parish in Nansemond County

9. The Rev. Leonidas L. Smith

1852 - 1852
Supply Clergy

8. The Rev. Charles H. Disbrow

October 1843 - 1852
Rector of both Upper and Lower Parishes in Nansemond County

7. The Rev. Thomas Smith

January 1837 - 1843
Rector of Christ Church, Cabin Point, Chuckatuck, Brick Church, Lower Surry

6. The Rev. Jacob Keeling
1812 - 1836
Rector of Glebe, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s Churches

5. The Rev. Agnew

1774 - 1775
Rector of Lower Nansemond Parish

4. The Rev. John Mackenzie

~October 20, 1749 - 1754
Obtained from Vestry minutes of October 20, 1749

3. The Rev. Balfour

1744 - 1745
Rector of Upper and Lower Nansemond Parishes

2. The Rev. Nicholas Jones

1728 - 1735 (?)
Rector of Lower Nansemond Parish and Suffolk Parish

1. The Rev. Giles Rainsford

1713 - 1716
Rector of Lower Nansemond Parish