The Most Revd. Robert Duncan
Archbishop of ACNA

Robert William Duncan, the Bishop of Pittsburgh and Archbishop for the Anglican Church in North America, was born at Fort Dix, N.J., in 1948.

The 18th priest (and second bishop) to be ordained from Christ Church in nearby Bordentown, Duncan was valedictorian of the Bordentown Military Institute in 1966. He graduated with honors from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1970 and from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York in 1973. He also undertook advanced research in Scottish history at Edinburgh University in 1972-73, and engaged periods of sabbatical study in 1987 and 2003.

Duncan was ordained a deacon in 1972 and a priest later that year. He served the Chapel of the Intercession in New York City; Christ Church in Edinburgh, Scotland; and Grace Church in Merchantville, N.J., during his first years in holy orders. He was assistant dean of General Seminary from 1974-78, Episcopal chaplain of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1978-82, and rector of Saint Thomas’s Parish in Newark, Delaware, from 1982-92.

In 1992, he became canon to the ordinary – similar to a chief of staff – for Bishop Alden Hathaway in Pittsburgh. In 1995, Duncan was nominated from the floor and elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has devoted himself to mission and evangelism throughout his ministry, with a special passion for reaching adolescents and young adults. He is a champion of the poor and dispossessed of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, encouraging creative urban church-planting. Elected Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America in June of 2009, he electrified the investiture service with a call to plant one thousand churches (Anglican 1000) in five years.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Felix Orji, OSB
Bishop of CANA West District

Early in his life, Felix Orji endeavored to follow and serve Christ. He set a plan to do that, one that has called him to serve Christianity in Nigeria, Canada, and the U.S. He completed a BA degree with honors at the University of Ife in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and received a Master’s degree at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He earned a Diploma in Christian Studies from Regent College, Vancouver, BC, and a Master of Divinity from Vancouver School of Theology. Dr. Orji also earned a Doctorate in Leadership from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bishop Orji, a member of the Order of St. Benedict, was ordained in 1996 in the Anglican Church of Canada and served as Associate rector at St. Johns Shaughnessy in Vancouver, BC, the largest evangelical Anglican parish in Canada. In 2004, he moved to the USA where he served as the President of the Anglican Fellowship of the Southwest. A year later, Dr. Orji became associate rector of St. Francis on the Hill in El Paso, and rector in 2008. Bishop Orji now serves as pastoral head of St. Francis Anglican Church, located at 470 Eagle Drive in west El Paso.

In his role as Bishop he will assist with episcopal care of Anglican parishes in the western half of the U.S., under the auspices of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). He is a member of the House of Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), CANA, and the Anglican Church in North America.

The Right Reverend Dr. Orji and his wife Lilian have four children, Cara, John, Jadon, and Justin.

The Rev. Lawrence F. Harrison
Rector

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Fr. Lawrence Harrison graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1988 with a BA in Government. After a few years in Illinois State Government management, he discerned a call to the ordained ministry. He graduated from Trinity Episcopal School For Ministry in 1995 and served churches in Fort Worth, Texas and Fresno, California before accepting a call to be rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Garland Texas in January 2003. Upon the separation of that church from ECUSA, he became the first rector of Christ the Redeemer in March 2007. Fr. Lawrence and his wife, Claire, have been married since 1997 and have four children (Emma, Julia, Abigail and Simon).

The Rev. Sheri C. Graham
Deacon

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After spending time in ministry in the Baptist denomination, Deacon Sheri Graham became interested in ministry in a liturgical church during her studies at Criswell College from which she graduated with a BA in Biblical Studies in 2002, and a Masters in Theology in 2004. After serving in various positions at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and then Christ the Redeemer, she was ordained as a perpetual deacon in January, 2008 and now serves as a pastoral assistant to the rector of Christ the Redeemer as well as the Office Manager. Deacon Sheri and her husband Barry have been married since 1988.

The Rev. Donald P. McConnell
Priest

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Don graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 with a degree in Building Construction. Following a thirty five year career in the construction industry, Don responded to God’s call to ordained ministry. He graduated from Nashotah House Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree in 2010. He completed his Diaconate training at Church of the Holy Communion REC in Dallas in May of 2011 and has accepted the call to Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Garland, serving as Associate for Pastoral Care. Don and his wife Bonnie have been married thirty nine years and live in Garland. They have two grown sons (Aaron and Joseph) and three beautiful grandchildren (Noah, Grace, and Eli).