St. John's Episcopal Church, Pensacola, Florida

Serving the Warrington area of Pensacola since 1850.

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The Rev. Robert Densmore

Priest-in-Charge

     Our new Priest-in-Charge is the Rev. Robert Densmore, a native Pensacolian who is a minister in the Church of England and a PhD candidate at New College, University of Edinburgh. Robert served in the U.S. Navy in Afghanistan, and then went on to work as a frontline journalist covering the war. Rob finished his Master’s of Divinity at Duke Divinity School in 2016. He was rector of St. Saviour’s Church in Bath from 2020-2023, and for the past two years, has been the Associate Pastor for Missions and Care at Echo Life Church here in Pensacola.
     Robert is married to Camilla, who is Lower School Head at Creative Learning Academy. They have four children: Max, Ralph, Barney and Evangeline.

 

What is a Priest-in-Charge? The title “priest-in-charge” has become more common within the Episcopal Church in recent years. ​In general, a priest-in-charge is a priest under contract to the diocese to serve a parish for a set length of time (in our case, one year). This is the main difference between a priest-in-charge and a rector (whom is understood to be committed to a parish for a long term).