The Rev'd 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 at 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.

His Master of Divinity degree is from Bexley Hall, and his undergraduate degree is in music from Millikin University, in Decatur, Illinois. For the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i Father Lillie recently 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 is a three-time deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church where he has served on various legislative committees, and he is currently secretary of the Hawai‘i Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Recently he was appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees of the St. Andrew’s Schools in Honolulu. He is also a member of the Society of Catholic Priests, having served as the Hawai’i chapter convener multiple times and as the Provincial Convener for North America.

In his spare time Father Lillie enjoys being active, and he has a passion for sacred music, especially choral music. His husband 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 a cat that gives permission to live in the rectory.