Shield of Episcopal Church, USA
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
3rd Street South & 3rd Avenue West
Virginia, Minnesota 55792 (map)
218-741-1379
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St. Paul's is a congregation moving towards Total Ministry.   We are part of Region 2 of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. 

 

St. Paul's in 2003 after renovations

 

Our Clergy since 1895

Start End Priest
1895 1896 The Rev. T.J. McGonigle (from Tower)
1896 1897 The Rev. C.F. Kite (from Hibbing)
1898 The Rev. J.U. Graf (from Hibbing)
1898 The Rev. A.N. Clagett (from Hibbing)
1899 1902 The Rev. Louis L. Belden (first resident priest)
1902 1903 The Rev. Herbert E. Ryerson
1904 1905 The Rev. Dr. W. E. Morgan
1906 1912 The Rev. Albert Carswell
1912 1916 The Rev. Hans J. Wolner (first Rector)
1917 1923 The Rev. James G. Ward
1924 1926 The Rev. William Elliott
1927 1929 The Rev. G. C. Curtis
1930 1932 The Rev. A. H. Beaty
1933 1944 The Rev. Dr. David W. Thornberry
1945 1948 The Rev. Frederick E. Stillwell
1949 1952 The Rev. Joseph Boulet
1952 1957 The Rev. C. F. William Goddard
1957 1962 The Rev. James L. Jenkins
1962 1965 The Rev. Kenneth S. Umbehocker (start of cluster with Eveleth)
1965 1975 The Rev. Daniel L. Swenson (later Bishop of Vermont)
1975 1979 The Rev. Wayne Bickford
1980 2002 The Rev. Roger W. Weaver
2003 2006 The Rev. Patricia A. Gillespie
Our thanks to William Shimmin (deceased 2005) for researching this information for the centennial in 1995.
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Last Updated: 2007-01-01