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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church names new rector

The Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett, who most recently served as rector of St. Elizabeth's church in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been named the 17th rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park.

His first Sunday services will be Aug. 23 at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., said Linda Hubbard Gulker, a spokesperson for the church.

He graduated from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1991, and has since served parishes in Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee, according to a press release.

Most recently, he lived in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife Kate, and children Madeline and Max.

He is taking the place of Holy Trinity's previous rector, the Rev. Michael Spillane, who was called to be rector in 2007, but died of brain cancer in 2008, according to Ms. Hubbard Gulker, a junior warden at Holy Trinity.

"It was such a tragedy, but we are now enthused and excited to have a new leader," she said.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was founded in 1884 and was one of the first congregations in the Diocese of California. It currently consists of the church, Trinity School, and the Child and Family Institute. For more information, contact the church office at 326-2083.