Rector & Clergy

The Rev. Dr. Monrelle T. Williams, Rector

The Rev. Dr. Monrelle T. Williams

The Reverend Doctor Monrelle T. Williams is a native of Barbados, West Indies. His educational accomplishments include the following: a Bachelor's degree (with First Class Honors) in Theology from the University of the West Indies; a Master's Degree in Philosophy (Ecumenism) from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and a Doctorate degree from Durham University in England.

The Rev. Dr. Williams has been a priest since 1979, initially serving as Assistant Curate at St. John's Parish (in Barbados) before assuming the position as Lecture/Senior Lecturer at Codrington Theological College (Theological Seminary of the Church of the Province of the West Indies).

He has served as General Secretary of the Regional Ecumenical Organization in the West Indies, the Caribbean Conference of Churches for three years. In addition, he has been Priest-in-Charge of the Church of the Holy Cross and then Rector/Priest-in-Charge of the Church of the Holy Trinity.

In terms of Diocesan and Provincial responsibilities, The Rev. Dr. Williams has served on several commissions and committees, including the Provincial Standing, Synod Council, Doctrinal Commission, Commission on Ecumenism as well as the Finance Committee of the Diocese.

The Rev. Dr. Monrelle Williams has been involved in the life of the church at every level of church from Sunday School right through to Lay Reader. He believes in a shared ministry and is looking forward to such a ministry at St. Augustine's.


Email the Rector: rector@staugepiscopal.org
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Associate Priests

Fr. Warren Debenham

Fr. Debenham went through high school in San Francisco, he rowed on the Stanford Crew that placed fifth nationally, and attended Seminary at CDSP. He served at Trinity, San Jose as assistant, St. Thomas', Sunnyvale, and St. Alban's, Albany as Rector, and then a neighborhood ministry Oakland. He and his wife Sally have three children.



Rev. Laura Deaderick

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Rev. Joe Pummill

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