The Rev'd Father Paul Lillie

Fifth Rector of St. Mark's

The Rev’d Father Paul Lillie has been rector of St. Mark's since January 2009. Prior to this, he was a Canon of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Buffalo, New York. Before Buffalo, he was a Young Adult Service Corps Volunteer, and then Appointed Missionary of the Episcopal Church, serving in Jerusalem as a priest at St. George's Cathedral and St. George's College. Both institutions are part of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Prior to beginning seminary, Father Lillie was the Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Worthington, Ohio.

His Master of Divinity degree is from Bexley Hall, and his undergraduate degree is in music from Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois. For the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i Father Lillie has served as President of the Standing Committee, and he has served on the Compensation Review Committee, the Diocesan Council, the Finance and Administration Commission, and the Stewardship Committee, and he has been a diocesan member of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St. Andrew. He has been a deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church several times where he has served on various legislative committees, and he has served as the secretary for the Hawai‘i Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He currently is on the Board of Trustees of St. Andrew’s Schools in Honolulu, where he also sits on the Executive and Finance Committee. A member of the Society of Catholic Priests, he is the convener of the Hawai’i chapter, and he has served as the Provincial Convener for North America.

Father Lillie enjoys being active, and he has a passion for sacred music, especially choral music. His spouse is a nurse at Queen’s Hospital. The above picture is from the pet blessing at St. Mark's, and even though he is pictured with a dog from the Hawaiian Humane Society, at home he has three cats that give him permission to live in the rectory.