Welcome to the Episcopal Diocese of  Pittsburgh's page for information about open positions in our parishes and ministry, ministry milestones for current clergy and lay workers in the diocese and recent clergy and lay worker placements.  For more information on open positions, please contact the Rev. Cn. Mary Maggard Hays.

Open Positions

Advent, Brookline - part time, status: Interviewing

St. George's, Waynesburg - part time, status: receiving names

St. Francis-in-the-Fields, Somerset - Priest in Charge, status: self-study

Other Openings

St. Paul's, Mt. Lebanon - Director of Children and Youth Ministry, status: interviewing

Recent Placements

The Rev. Keith Pozzuto has accepted a call to serve as the rector of Christ Church, Brownsville.

The Rev. Kris Opat has accepted a call to serve as the curate of St. Paul's in Mount Lebanon.

The Rev. Josh Miller has accepted a call to serve as assistant rector at Ascension, Oakland.

The Rev. David Wilson has accepted a call to St. David's in Peter's Township.  He will serve as priest-in-charge.  Fr. Wilson completed his ministry at St. Paul's in Kittanning on June 1.

The Rev. Aaron Zimmerman has accepted a call to serve as the assistant rector at St. Stephen's in Sewickley.

Ministry Milestones

The Rev. C. Bradley Wilson, rector of Fox Chapel, offered his resignation to the vestry effective August 15, 2008, to return to academia. His intention is to obtain a doctorate in Philosophy (with an emphasis on virtue ethics) so that he can teach at the university or seminary level.

God Willing, The Rev. Jeremy Blauvelt, who serves at Trinity, Pas Christian, in Mississippi, will be ordained to the sacred order of priests on August 17 by Bishop Duncan Gray on behalf of Bishop Robert Duncan.

A total of 13 were ordained to the sacred order of deacons at 10 am on June 7 at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh.  The following were ordained to the vocational or transitional diaconate.

Vocational:

Marybeth Carey, St. Christopher's, Cranberry Twp
Harold Hicks, St. Alban's, Murrysville
Kathy Walzer, Our Saviour, Glenshaw
Tom Turney, Christ Church, New Brighton 

Transitional:

Kris Opat, Three Nails
Chris Royer, Ascension, Oakland
Jonathan Linebaugh, Our Saviour, Glenshaw
Bill Driscoll, Church of the Savior, Ambridge
Aaron Carpenter, St. Philip's, Moon Twp
Keith Pozzuto, St. Stephen's, McKeesport
Travis Hines, Church of the Savior, Ambridge
Peter Frank, Nativity, Crafton
Aaron Zimmerman, St. Thomas, Oakmont

- Updated July 9, 2008 -