Report of the registrar 2025

Ordained to the Priesthood:

• Gabrielle “Gabbie” Annelise Munn, 10/24/2025 by The Rt. Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells at St. Columb’s, Ridgeland

Ordained to Transitional Diaconate:

• None

Ordained to the Vocational Diaconate

• Adele Blair Ledford, 6/21/2025 by The Rt. Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson

Dimissory Received:

• Ezgi S. Perkins, 5/5/25 from the Diocese of Wisconsin
• Patrick Perkins, 5/5/25 from the Diocese of Wisconsin
• Jennifer S. Holder, 12/1/25 from the Diocese of Northwest Texas

Dimissory Issued:

• Brian Ponder, 9/1/2025 to Diocese of Kentucky
• Austin McGehee, 10/26/2025 to Diocese of New York
• Jenny Newman, 11/1/2025 to Diocese of South Carolina
• Chris Robinson, 11/15/2025 to Diocese of West Tennessee
• Liz Goodyear Jones, 12/10/25 to Diocese of Central Florida

Changes in the Diocese:

• Tami Roessler, 2/23/2025 to Non-parochial
• Rick Roessler, 2/23/2025 to Non-parochial
• Tami Roessler, 3/22//2025 to St. Alban’s, Bovina; Christ Church, Vicksburg; and St. Mary’s, Vicksburg
• Joe Porter, 4/2/2025 to Advent Sumner
• Duncan Gray, III, 6/1/2025 to Non-parochial
• Marie Smith, 7/1/2025 to St. Philip’s, Jackson
• Karl Schaffenburg, 8/1/2025 to Incarnation, West Point
• Austin McGehee, 8/31/2025 to Rhinebeck, New York
• Taylor Moore, 9/15/2025 to St. Peter’s, Oxford
• Christopher Powell, 9/15/2025 to Non-parochial
• Wayne Ray, 10/5/2025 to Non-parochial
• Myron Lockey, 9/28/25 to Non-parochial
• Brad St. Romain, 10/12/25 to St Thomas, Diamondhead
• Jenny Newman, 10/31/25 to Non-parochial
• Jennifer Holder, 11/2/25 to Ascension, Hattiesburg
• Chip Davis, 11/30/25 to Holy Innocent’s, Como
• Katie Sorey, 12/31/25 to Non-parochial
• Harriet Simmons, 12/24/25 to St. Paul’s, Meridian
• Andy Andrews, 12/31/25 to Non-parochial

Died:

• The Rev. Kathleen Kirkland Potts, 3/11/2025
• The Rev. Dcn. Susan Disharoon, 7/6/2025
• The Rev. Julia Gilbert Moore, 7/6/2025
• The Rev. Helen Whitener Tester, 8/3/2025
• The Very Rev. James Beauregard “Bo” Roberts, 10/4/2025

Retired:

• Penny Sisson, 1/6/2025 to reside in Oxford, MS
• Jan Moore, 6/30/2025 to reside in Hattiesburg, MS
• Billy Walton, 7/7/2025 to Retired

Licensed:

• Jane Alexander (Western Louisiana)
• Michael Barham (California)
• Geoffrey Butcher (Kentucky)
• Sarah H. Gaede (Alabama)
• Hugh ‘Scoop’ Jones, (East Tennessee)
• Jack Rogers (West Tennessee)
• Brad St. Romain (Texas)
• Morris Thompson (House of Bishops)

Peggy Jones,
Registrar