The
Reverend Michael J. McKinnon (a.k.a., Fr. Michael) is a native of
New England. He returned to this area in October 2004 to serve
as Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Marlborough, MA.
Fr. Michael was ordained a Deacon on July 9, 1995 and a Priest on
December 4, 1996 by The Right Reverend Donald F. Harvey, then Bishop
of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador and now Bishop
Moderator/Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)
and a Member of the Council of Bishops in the Province of the
Anglican Church in North America. Fr. McKinnon earned a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and History from Central
Connecticut State University in 1991, a Diploma of Anglican Studies
from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale (CT) in 1994, a Master of
Divinity Degree from Yale University in 1994 and a Master of Sacred
Theology Degree from Nashotah House Seminary (WI) in 1997.
Before coming to Massachusetts, he served in the Diocese of Eastern
Newfoundland & Labrador and the Diocese of
Quincy, Illinois.
Fr.
Michael & Christine married in 2002. They have two
beautiful little girls, Sarah and Rebecca. Fr. Michael and his
family reside in Marlborough, MA .
On
November 1, 2007, the church family of The Church of the Holy
Trinity, Marlborough, MA affiliated with the Anglican Mission in
America and a new church was born: Holy Trinity Anglican
Church. In October 2009, we transferred to the Anglican
Network in Canada, with Bishop Donald Harvey serving as our
Bishop. Fr. Michael continues to serve as the Priest and Pastor of
this church.
Fr.
Michael is a priest with the Anglican Network in Canada, a Diocese
within the Anglican Church in North America and also serves as
Chaplain for the New England Chaplaincy of Forward in Faith, North
America. He describes himself as an evangelical Catholic who
is fully committed to "Classical Anglicanism" or “The Anglican
Way”.