The Reverend Canon Dr. Richard Toll

THE REV. CANON DR. RICHARD TOLL BIOGRAPHY

I was born on April 14, 1939, in Pecos, Texas. I graduated from Pecos High School, in 1957, and received a Bachelor of Administration from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, in January, 1962. On September 1, 1962, I married Elaine Higginbotham, a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority at Texas Tech. We have been married for 63 years. We have two children, David and Sondi and four grandchildren. I pledged Sigma Chi in 1957, and served as Consul in 1959 – 1960.

Upon graduation, I became a Second LT in the US Army having been in ROTC at Tech. I was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, before going to the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, an Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, CA. I received a Master of Divinity and was ordained a priest at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Portland, OR and served also as City Missioner.

From 1971 to 1976, I was rector at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Baker, OR. I then was called as Canon Pastor at St. Marks Cathedral in Seattle, WA. from 1976 to 1984, I became an Honorary Canon of the Diocese of Olympia. In 1984 to 2003, I was the Rector at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Milwaukie, OR and retired from parish ministry in September, 2003.