The Cathedral Church of St. Paul

The Very Reverend S. Scott Hunter
Dean and Rector
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While serving as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Michigan, the Cathedral Church of St. Paul called Scott to become their tenth dean and seventeenth rector in March 2007. In an inventive, somewhat atypical manner, Dean Hunter served in the capacity of “Dean Coadjutor” for a month and on April 30th he was formally welcomed and seated as Dean by Bishop Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr.  

Born in Greenville, SC, Dean Hunter was educated at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC (Bachelor of Science cum laude with a major in Economics and minor in Biology); at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL (Masters of Divinity); and at the College of Preachers of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.  He is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry (DMin.) degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation (South Bend/Oxford/Rome).  Ordained deacon in 1988 and priest in 1989, Dean Hunter served parishes in South and North Carolina, in Illinois and in West Virginia, prior to coming to the Diocese of Michigan.

In addition to his roles as pastor, priest and teacher, responsibilities as Dean of the Cathedral include chairing the Cathedral Foundation Board of Trustees and the Board of Cathedral Community Services, and serving on the Cathedral Chapter.  The Cathedral Chapter oversees certain aspects of building and property ministry related to the Diocesan-Cathedral Center campus, also known as the Cathedral Close or Cathedral Green.  The dean is also an ex-officio member of the Board of Crossroads of Michigan.

Additionally Dean Hunter is involved in several other leadership areas. He is a member of the Board of Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, and a Trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.  He has worked locally with Mariners Inn. Nationally, he served on the board of directors of the Conference of Diocesan Executives and was a two-term president.  He served on the founding board of The Nathan Network, a ministry of the church committed to a safer church environment for all people from 2001 to 2010.  He was a founding board member and first president of the first recycling efforts in Buncombe County, NC.

He resides in Detroit with his wife and daughter.

The Reverend Canon William S. Logan
Senior Canon Emeritus
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In December 2010 Canon Logan celebrated both 59 years of ordination and 59 years of marriage to his wife Mary. A native Detroiter, he has worked in the Diocesan/Cathedral Center since 1963, following service in pastorates in downtown Detroit and Redford. He joined the Bishop's Staff as Director of Program and later served 12 years as Archdeacon of Michigan. Since 1985 he has served the Cathedral, with his primary duties relating to community outreach.

The Reverend Deacon Sharon Watton
Deacon

Sharon was born in Detroit, Michigan and completed her theological training through the Whitaker School of Theology. She graduated from Whitaker in May 2001 and was ordained to the diaconate on June 16, 2001.

Sharon previously served at Church of the Advent in West Bloomfield and St. Philips’ in Rochester

Her ministries at the Cathedral include Cathedral Breakfast Ministry, Cathedral Pastoral Care, the Williams Pavilion, Commission on Ministry, Bishop’s Advisory Committee on Total Ministry, and Diocesan Altar Guild

She has three adult children, 5 grandchildren and 1 lively German Shepherd Dog

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Mrs. Christian Hooker
Clerk of the Works
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In conjunction with the Altar Guild, Mrs. Hooker carries out all of the cleaning and maintenance of the Cathedral sanctuary.

Mrs. Kit Ilardi
Director of Religious Education
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Kit Ilardi has been teaching Sunday School and doing Youth Ministry for over 20 years.  She was the Sunday School Director and Youth Minister at Christ Church Cranbrook before coming to the Cathedral in 1998.  Kit has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and has done graduate work in Education.  She has attended numerous conferences on Christian Education and Youth and Young Adult Ministry.  She is currently a member of several on-line groups that keep her informed of the latest ideas in children, youth and adult ministry.

Ms. Robin Doher
Financial Administrator

Robin joined the Cathedral staff in March of 2011. Prior to joining us she worked for the Country Club of Detroit and Wayne County Clerk/3rd Circuit Court
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Richard Newman
Associate Organist
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Richard Newman is a native of Copperhill, Tennessee. In May 2006, Richard graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. His organ professor was Dr. Huw Lewis. Richard received many awards and scholarships upon entering Hope, including the Distinguished Artist Award and the Freshman Music Prize. He was the first recipient of the Gertrude Beckman Organ Scholarship of Fourteenth Street Christian Reformed Church in Holland. Richard was also the organist for Second Reformed Church of Zeeland, MI. While at Second Reformed Church, he initiated the church's first Solemn Evensong, according to the liturgy of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

In May 2005, Richard was a choir member and organist for the Hope College Chapel Choir European Tour. He played organs throughout France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Recently, Richard accompanied the choirs from All Saint's Church, Worcester, MA for their tour to Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester Cathedrals in England.

While attending St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN, he studied organ with Dr. Robert Delcamp of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He has studied harpsichord with Edward Parmentier at the University of Michigan School of Music where he is continuing his organ studies with Dr. James Kibbie while in pursuit of a doctoral degree in Church Music.

His interests include making ecclesiastical incense, promoting new music for the organ, and studying the life and works of Olivier Messiaen. Before his recent appointment as Associate Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Detroit, Richard was Organ Scholar at St. John's Episcopal Church, also in Detroit.

Ms. Susan Shetzler
Office Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
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Ms. Shetzler joined the Cathedral staff in June of 2007.  Prior to joining us she worked for DuPont Corporation, Kmart’s
corporate offices, American Speedy Printing (corporate offices), and Sandy & Associates.

Jeremy David Tarrant
Canon Precentor
Organist and Choirmaster
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Since 2000, Jeremy David Tarrant has served as Organist and Choirmaster of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, where, in addition to playing for liturgies and concerts, he conducts the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys (now in its 125th season), The Choir of Women and Girls, and the Schola Cantorum. Mr. Tarrant joined the Cathedral staff in 1994 as Assistant Organist and prior to that appointment, worked in several parishes in his native Michigan. In April of 2007, he was seated as Canon Precentor of the Cathedral in thanksgiving and recognition of his role in the liturgical and musical life of the Cathedral community.

Jeremy David Tarrant is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music where he earned the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in organ performance and church music studying with Robert Glasgow and James Kibbie. During his time at Michigan, Mr. Tarrant pursued additional study in Paris. His early training was with Betty R. Pursley and Corliss Arnold.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, he was awarded First Prize in the Ottumwa National Organ Competition in 1997 and Second Prize in the Arthur Poister National Competition in 1998. In 1993 he was a Winner of the Lucille Mehaffie Young Artists’ Auditions which resulted in a televised performance during the Kalamazoo Bach Festival. Mr. Tarrant has also been a finalist in the American Guild of Organists Regional Competitions.

Mr. Tarrant is in frequent demand as a teacher and clinician, and regularly serves on the faculties of the Royal School of Church Music summer courses as well as the American Guild of Organists summer Pipe Organ Encounters.

An active concert organist, Jeremy David Tarrant has performed widely in North America in such venues as the Washington National Cathedral; St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue; St. James Cathedral, Toronto; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York; and Chicago’s famed Fourth Presbyterian Church. He frequently appears with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. In May of 2008, Mr. Tarrant made his European solo debut with a recital in the Cathedrale de St. Etienne in Meaux, France.

Mrs. Martha Vincent
Coordinator of Volunteer Ministries
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Mrs. Vincent serves as the liaison between the great number of volunteers of the Cathedral and the even greater number of tasks that need fulfilling in order for the Cathedral to run smoothly. Thanks to her, the work that needs to be done gets done: punch and cake get served at receptions, special events get staffed, visitors get welcomed, kitchens get cleaned, receptions get set up, school essays get judged, outings get organized . . .