The Very Rev. Peter Eaton: Résumé
Summary of Experience
• 25 years of ordained ministry in a broad range of congregations
• Leadership in parish and diocesan ministries
• Leadership of complex organizations, and oversight of extensive budgets, endowments, and large staffs
• Experience of three Provinces of the Anglican Communion, other dioceses outside the Episcopal Church, ecumenical and inter-faith ministries, and multi-cultural ministries
Positions
2002–Present, Rector, and Dean Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO
1995–2001, Rector, Saint James Church, Lancaster, PA
1991–1995, Associate Rector, Saint Paul’s Church, Salt Lake City, UT
1991–2001, Canon Theologian, Diocese of Utah
1989–1991, Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College, Oxford, UK
1986–1989, Curate, All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, UK
1982–1983, Pastoral Assistant, Saint George’s Church, Paris, France
Some Wider Church and Community Responsibilities
• Participant, Conference on Christians in the Middle East, Lambeth Palace, July 2011
• Invocation, Governor’s Inauguration, Denver CO, January 2011
• Member, Standing Commission on Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations, 2009–
• Member, Board of the Corporation, The Anglican Theological Review, 2009–
• Member, Advisory Board, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, University of Oregon 2008–
• Holy Land Pilgrimage Leader 2007–
• Ecumenical Guest at the Feast of Saint Andrew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Istanbul, November 2005
• Member, Mayor’s Advisory Committee of Religious Leaders on Ending Homelessness, Denver, CO 2005–
• Adjunct Faculty in Anglican Theology, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO 2005–
• Member, National Board, Samaritan Institute, Denver, CO 2004–
• Consultant, Non-Profit Leadership Project, Samaritan Counseling Center, Lancaster, PA 1999–2001
• Member, Organizing Committee, Celebration 2000 for the 60th Anniversary of the Presiding Bishop’s Fund for
World Relief (General Convention Denver 2000)
• Clergy Co-Chair, Executive Committee, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania Capital Campaign 1999–2001
• Member, Stewardship Committee, Consortium of Endowed Parishes 2000–2005
• Member, Governing Board, College of Preachers, Washington DC 1999–2001
• Faculty, Leadership Lancaster, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce 1997–2001
• Member, Standing Committee, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania 1997–2000
• Member, Martin Luther King Scholarship Committee (a scholarship for minority students), Lancaster, PA 1995–2001
• Member, Downtown Interfaith Ministerium 1995–2001 (President 2000–2001)
• Member, Diocesan Task Force on Policies for Professional Conduct, Diocese of Utah 1993–1994
• Chaplain to the Right Reverend Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon (former Archbishop of Canterbury), General
Convention of the Episcopal Church, Phoenix, AZ 1991
• Member, Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, UK 1990–1991
• Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross 1975–
Education
1989–1991 Magdalen College, Oxford, UK
• Research in early Christian history and literature
1983–1986 Westcott House, Cambridge, UK (Seminary)
• Certificate in Theology 1986
1983–1985 Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK
• Bachelor of Arts (with Honors) (Theology) 1985
• Master of Arts (1989)
1978–1982 King’s College, London, UK
• Bachelor of Arts (with Honors) (Classics) 1982
• Associate of King’s College (AKC) (Theology) 1982
Continuing Education and Professional Development (Highlights)
Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Fellow, Christian Leadership Initiative 2008–2009
Lilly Foundation Clergy Renewal Program, Grant Recipient 2007 for sabbatical in Jerusalem April–July 2008
CREDO, June 2007
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, Leadership in the 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage 2005
Trustee Leadership Development, Indianapolis, IN, Leadership Education Institute 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
The School of Theology, Sewanee, TN, Fellow in Residence 1995
Ordination
May 1991 Received as a Priest into the Episcopal Church from the Church of England (Bishop George Bates of Utah)
28 June 1987 Priest (by the Archbishop of Canterbury)
29 June 1986 Deacon (by the Bishop of Puerto Rico for Canterbury)
Publications
Editor, The Trial of Faith: Theology and The Church Today (Churchman and Morehouse-Barlow 1988)
Editor, Bishop Paul Jones: Witness for Peace (Forward Movement 1992)
Contributor, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford University Press Third Edition 1997, revised 2005) – Various articles
Contributor, Remembering John Krumm (Forward Movement 1998)
Contributor, Where was God on Sept. 11? Seeds of Faith and Hope (Herald Press 2002)
Contributor, Feasting on the Word Year C Volume One (Westminster John Knox Press 2009)
Over 60 Articles and Reviews in The Living Church, The Anglican Digest, The Anglican Theological Review, Anglican and Episcopal History, and other periodicals and journals.
Some Awards
• School Board Award for support of Lancaster School District 2002
• The Utah AIDS Foundation Award for Public Service 1994
Personal and Family
Married to Kate (2004), who is a professional fundraiser, and who is also a singer/songwriter and the founder of MISHKHAH, www.mishkhah.com, an organization devoted to helping congregations re-vision their worship.