The Very Rev. Kathleene McNellis – Canon to the Ordinary

The Rev’d Kathleene McNellis, a native of New Jersey, has lived in Texas since the mid-1960s, except for her years of seminary study at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, UK. She is currently rector of St. Christopher's Church and vicar of St. Francis on the Hill in El Paso. She has served in various churches in the El Paso area since being ordained in 1986. Rev’d McNellis has been active in children's and youth ministries throughout the diocese and was a school chaplain for nine years. Since 2007 Rev’d McNellis has been the Dean of the Southwest Deanery of the Diocese of the Rio Grande.