Faculty and Staff

Father Patrick Edwards brings more than two decades of pastoral care experience to his role as Episcopal Head Chaplain. He previously served as an Episcopal faculty member in the school’s religion department from 2011 to 2016. He developed curricula and taught History of Religion in America, History of World Religions and Biblical Studies. He also provided pastoral care and counseling to students and faculty. While in this role, Father Edwards also served as the Priest in Charge at Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge. 

Most recently, Father Edwards was the Rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church and Vicar at St. Andrew’s Dune Church in Southampton, New York. He was also a Second Lieutenant of the Southampton Fire Department, serving as the Chaplain to the department. Father Edwards was active and engaged with the community as the President of the Board of Directors of the Southampton History Center, a Board Member of Heart of the Hamptons and a lecturer on subjects of history and social issues.

Father Edwards is defending his thesis for a Doctor of Ministry emphasizing Liturgics from the School of Theology at the University of the South, Sewanee. He also earned a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Church History, Ascetical Theology and Liturgics from the Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin. Father Edwards has a degree in history and politics from Oglethorpe University and a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He has traveled and taught extensively within the Anglican Communion in the United Kingdom and Africa.

Father Edwards and his wife Deborah have four children – John Harris ’17, Will, Sefton and Emily. He enjoys reading history, politics and biographies, golf, hiking and spending time with his family and their corgis.