THE RT. REV. JAMES R. MATHES 880 San Antonio Place San Diego, California 92106 [email protected]
CURRICULM VITA October 2016
Bishop Diocesan The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego 2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. San Diego, California 92107 [email protected] 619-993-1338 (cell)
EDUCATION
Masters of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, magna cum laude, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1982
POSITIONS HELD
Bishop Diocesan, The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, 2005 – Present
• Chief pastor of forty-five congregations and twelve schools, representing 16,000 lay people and 135 clergy • Successfully shepherded diocese through a season of conflict occasioned by the theological debate about human sexuality • Developed greater collaborative relationships within the diocese through the development of mission areas and the working volunteer area missioners • Moved diocese from a place of financial crisis to stability • Led successful capital campaign raising $2.7 million to build the Episcopal Church Center, a dynamic ministry center serving the homeless and poor as well as housing the diocesan staff and school for ministry, plus endowing two funds for new clergy mentoring and congregational loans • Founded diocesan School for Ministry, now in its fourth year
Canon to the Ordinary, The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, 2001-2005
• Wrote successful $1.3 million Lilly Endowment, Inc. grant which created the Making Excellent Disciples project, a mentoring program for the newly ordained • Created supportive community of 10 curates and supervising rectors as a part of the Lilly Endowment funded Making Excellent Disciples project • Supervised senior staff on behalf of bishop • Streamlined operations and staff effectiveness • Staffed strategic planning process • Served as diocesan deployment officer
Rector, The Episcopal Church of St. James the Less, Northfield, Illinois, 1994-2001
• Began major outreach program in collaboration with two local nursing homes to minister to indigent elderly residents. Program still exists after 15 years • Grew average Sunday attendance 50% during tenure • Tripled Church School attendance • Seminary fieldwork supervisor for Seabury Western Theological Seminary • Conducted two successful capital campaigns totaling approximately $2 million • Major building renovations and expansion
Director of Development, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, St. Andrew’s, Tennessee, 1986-89
• Chief Development Officer • Directed successful $4.2 million capital campaign chair by Bishop John Allin
Mathematics Teacher, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, St. Andrew’s, Tennessee, 1985-86
Associate Campaign Director, The Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennessee, 1983-85
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
Phi Beta Kappa, 1981 Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007 George Muscone Humanitarian Award, GLBTQ Community of San Diego, 2015 Islamic Center of San Diego, Solidarity Award, 2016
“Lent IV Gospel,” in Living Well through Lent, edited by Scott Stoner, ed. Cincinnati: Forward Movement, 2015. “Confirmation: A Liturgy for the Messy Middle,” in Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Theologies of Confirmation for the 21st Century, edited by Sharon Ely Pearson, New York: Church Publishing, 2014. “Civil Discourse in the Blogosphere,” Episcopal Café (blog), September 8, 2012, http://www.episcopalcafe.com/civil_discourse_in_the_blogosphere/ “Days 109-111,” in The Bible Challenge: Read the Bible in a Year, edited Marek P. Zabrisk, Cincinnati: Forward Movement, 2012 “Nullification Revisited,” Episcopal Café (blog), October 17, 2010, http://www.episcopalcafe.com/nullification_revisited/ “Too Close for Comfort,” The Living Church, September19,1999,http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi- bin/the_living_church/TLCarticle.pl?volume=219&issue=12&article_id=12 See also Diocese of San Diego Blog, Bishop Mathes, various essays and articles: http://edsd.org/category/blog/bishop/ ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Anti-Racism Training, CrossRoads, Diocese of San Diego, 2001 Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, Conflict Resolution Training, 2003, 2015 Multi-Cultural Training, Kaleidoscope, 2012 Safe Guarding God’s People, recertified 2016
OTHER CHURCH AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
College for Bishops, Coach and Coaching Coordinator, 2007 - Present President, Province VIII of the Episcopal Church, 2012 - Present Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice, 2012 – Present Assistant Parliamentarian, House of Bishops, 2015 – Present Joint Standing Committee for Program, Budget and Finance of the General Convention, 2012 – Present The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, California, Chairman of the Board, 2005 – Present Episcopal Community Services, Chairman of the Board, 2005 – Present Vida Joven, Board of Directors, 2014 – Present RefugeeNet, Chairman of the Board, 2012 – Present Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Board of Trustees, 2012 – 2014
ORDINATION
Deacon, June 22, 1991 The Rt. Rev. William E. Sanders St. Andrew’s Chapel, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School
Priest, March 22, 1992 The Rt. Rev. Phillip Alan Smith All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Belmont, Massachusetts
Bishop, March 5, 2005 The Rt. Rev. Richard Chang The Rt. Rev. Gethin Hughes The Rt. Rev. William D. Persell Town and Country Resort, San Diego, California
REFERENCES
The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Presiding Bishop 815 Second Avenue New York, New York 10017 Contact: Sharon Jones, Executive Assistant to the Presiding Bishop 212-716-6273 [email protected]
The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane Bishop of Washington, Resigned Assisting Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of San Diego 5309 Pendleton St., San Diego 92109 202-247-8168 [email protected]
Lesslie Keller Executive Director Episcopal Community Services 401 Mile of Cars Way National City, California 91950 619-228-2800 [email protected]
The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges Dean and Rector St. Paul’s Cathedral 2728 6th Avenue San Diego, California 92103 619-298-7261 [email protected]