| Rev. Allen Hill, from the United States, received his B.A. in Philosophy from Guilford College, and his M.A. in Religion (Systematic Theology) from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry. He was ordained in 2003 and is canonically resident in the Diocese of Peru. Before coming to Peru in 2000, Allen was a profesor at Yavatmal College for Leadership Training in Yavatmal, India. In 2000, he became the founding director of the seminary at its first campus in Arequipa, where he served for 4 years. Afterward, he moved to Lima in order to establish a new campus of the seminary there. Allen is married to the Rev. Rachel Hill and has two children, James and John. | |
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Rev. Rachel Hill, who is British, received her B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool, and her M.A. in Missions and Evangelism from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry. She was ordained to the diaconate in the Diocese of Peru in 2003. Before coming to Peru, she served as a missionary in Uruguay, where she ministered to young girls at risk of falling into prostitution and to other needy children. She also worked with international students in the United States. When she came to Peru in 2000, she served in Arequipa for 4 years, leading various programs in a local parish, developing Christian Education materials for the diocese, and forming leaders for the region. She now continues that ministry in Lima, where she lives with her husband Allen and her two sons, James and John. In the seminary, her primary responsability is teaching issues of holiness and inner healing. |
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Rev. Canon Juan Bernardo Marentes Castillo, a Columbian, studied Philosophy for 3 years and Theology for 4 at the Main Bogota Seminary. He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1970, and became a professor of Bogota’s Lesser Seminary. From 1977-1980, he changed posts to become a Professor of Communication Techniques and Ethics for the National Learning Service of Columbia. In 1979, he left the Roman Catholic denomination to join the Episcopal Church of Columbia, who recognized him as a priest in 1982. For several years, he ministered as the vicar of churches in Bogota and Medellin. Later, from 1989-1992, he became the director of the Formation Program for priests and deacons of the Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador. From 1992-1993, he attended Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry for further studies in Anglicanism and Missiology. Then, in 1994, he joined the South American Missionary Society and led a group of missionaries on a church planting team in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. From 2001-2003, he was a professor of liturgy and New Testament in the Episcopal Seminary of Honduras. Currently, he serves as the Canon Missioner of the Diocese of Peru and is studying for his Doctor of Ministry degree. His is married to María Isabel Franco and has 3 sons: Bernado, Sebastían and Tomás. |
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Very Rev. John H. Park received his Masters degree in Spanish from Duke University. He then studied at both Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry and the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest for his Masters degree in Divinity. He was ordained in 1985 y is still canonically resident in the Diocesis of Pittsburgh. Before going to seminary, he was a member of the faculty of the University of North Carolina and of Geneva College (PA). During his seminary studies he helped to found the mission of Saint Francis of Assisi in Austin, TX, and afterward served as an assistant at the Church of Heavenly Rest in Abilene, TX. From 1985-2003 he served as a missionary priest in Honduras, planting 7 churches over that time. In 2001 he was named Archdeacon of Honduras, and served in that capacity under 3 different bishops. As Archdeacon, he served as pastor of various congregations and taught at Saint Mary’s Theological Seminary in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Currently, he is the Dean of the Cathedral in Lima, Peru. He is married to Susan Delgado-Park and has 2 sons, Robert and James. |
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Rev. Ronald Robertson completed his Bachelor of Arts degree is Spanish and Education at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, in 1969. Later, during his time at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin, Ron worked at the Wisconsin State School Reformatory until he returned to the Diocese of Dallas for his diaconate in 1973. While in Texas, he served in parish ministry in Texarkana, McKinney, and Houston before being called to serve in the church in the Dominican Republic. Upon returning to the US, Ron ministered briefly in Louisiana before entering the Irving, Texas, public school system where he taught Spanish first and then coordinated all the foreign language programs for the school system while completing a Master of Arts in Education and Spanish. Ron piloted the state-wide program proving that immigrant children could qualify for For 18 years Ron served in short and long-term supply and interim positions for the Diocese of Dallas in both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking positions before taking on St. James’ of Jerusalem Mission in Carrollton. Ron and his wife Vicki resigned their secular positions in 2004 when called by Bishop William Godfrey to come as SAMS missionaries to assist the work in the Diocese of Peru. From then until the present Ron has served as Rector and principal teacher of the Seminary in Arequipa and Administrator for orphanage we have there. In addition, he has started a second orphanage and mentors new clergy and lay ministers. This past year he has started Alfa courses, small groups, and monthly clergy meetings. Ron has continued pastoral ministries as well as preaching and celebrating at the various churches and missions in Arequipa, Cabanaconde, and the Juliaca areas. Ron also works with his wife Vicki who is in charge of facilitating mission teams which come to expand the Good News in Southern Peru. They have a 3yr. old granddaughter in Texas. |