Clergy & Staff
The clergy at All Souls are always accessible to meet with newcomers and members to talk about their faith journeys, doubts, questions, or life as part of the congregation. The quality of their care, compassion, and love for the members of All Souls is a big part of our parish’s spirit of acceptance and loving kindness. Our rector is the Rev. Philip Brochard, assisted by the Rev. Kristin Krantz, Associate Rector, several ordained volunteer priest associates who lead, preach, and serve on Sundays and at other services, and staff members Joy Shih Ng, Parish Administrator; Christopher Putnam, Associate for Liturgy and Music; and Henry Chang, verger.
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The Reverend Philip Brochard joined the staff as the 13th Rector of All Souls in 2008. Fr. Brochard is a native of the Bay Area. He completed his undergraduate work in media and education at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in broadcasting in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Sponsored for ordination from the Diocese of California, he received his Masters of Divinity at the General Theological Seminary, gaining a national perspective on the Episcopal Church. He comes to All Souls from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek, where he was the associate rector. Phil, his wife Sarah Oneto, and sons Benjamin and Jonah, live in Albany. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
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The Reverend Kristin Nelson Krantz was called as the Associate Rector for All Souls in 2006. She’s a Hoosier, having grown up and attended university in Indiana, and then called Chicago and Boston home before moving to California with her family. She graduated from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA in 2006 with a Masters of Divinity degree, and was ordained to the priesthood later the same year. Prior to attending seminary she was a junior high school teacher and church youth group leader. In some circles she is known as a scholar of pop culture Jesus kitsch. One of her mottos is ‘take God seriously, but never yourself.’ She lives in El Cerrito with her spouse and two sons and their big brown dog. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
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Joy Shih Ng, Parish Administrator, has over 40 years of experience in graphic design and publishing. She grew up in New York City, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and granddaughter of a Methodist pastor. She arrived at All Souls in February of 1999 after serving in youth and music ministry at a congregation in southeastern Pennsylvania for twenty years. Currently she holds her membership at an American Baptist congregation in San Francisco, where her husband Don is senior pastor, and her daughter Lauren is associate pastor. Working at All Souls is just part of her ecumenical journey! Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
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Christopher Putnam, Associate for Liturgy and Music, has been at All Souls since 2004, where he oversees the parish’s vibrant and eclectic music program, including directing the choir, as well as playing the organ, piano, and washtub bass for church liturgies. A native Californian, he has held positions at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, San Diego and All Saints, Beverly Hills, before arriving in the Bay Area in 1994 to begin a nine-year association with San Francisco’s landmark Grace Cathedral. He lives in Berkeley with his spouse Caroline. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
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The Reverend Alec Blair retired from five decades of pastoral work in New Mexico and California, and teaches Bible at the Diocesan School for Deacons. At All Souls, Alec leads the Bible study group and the healing service and lunch every Thursday. | |
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The Reverend Donald Brown, Priest Associate, has been a religious leader in the greater-Sacramento community for past 19 years. He served as dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, from 1987 until his recent retirement. He and his wife Carol Ann now call Berkeley their home. | |
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The Reverend William Fay, Priest Associate, grew up at All Souls Parish, attended Virginia Seminary, and was ordained a priest in 1952. He served for 17 years in South Dakota on three Indian reservations and for 18 years in the San Joaquin Valley towns of Reedly and Woodlake. When he retired from active ministry in 1989, he returned to All Souls, where he now serves as an active volunteer priest, celebrating one or two daytime services each week and assisting at the Sunday services once or twice a month. Fr. Fay remains active in the ministry to Kyakameena convalescent home. | |
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The Reverend Mary Hintz, Parish Deacon, was ordained in June 1995. Mary came to All Souls in October 2006 where she was called to serve as deacon and chair of outreach ministry, following eleven years at Holy Trinity, Richmond. She graduated from the Episcopal School for Deacons in 1994, where she continues as Director of Recruitment and Admissions. Mary served as Director of Chaplaincy Services for six years at Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo. She serves as clergy representative for the Alameda Deanery on Diocesan Council, and is active in interfaith organizations with a special emphasis on ministry to victims of domestic violence. | |
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The Reverend Paula Nesbitt, Priest Associate, has been a priest associate at All Souls since 2002. She came from the Diocese of Colorado, where she directed an ethics institute and taught at the University of Denver. A priest since 1992, her areas of interest include religion and society, ethics, spirituality, congregational studies, and social justice. Paula also teaches sociology at U.C. Berkeley. | |
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The Reverend David Stone, Priest Associate, joined the staff in early 2008. A graduate of CDSP in Berkeley in 1960, he served as a curate at a church in Portland before transferring to the Diocese of Idaho where he served in parish ministry. David and his wife Carol returned to live in Berkeley after a number of years in Idaho and he worked for the City of Berkeley, raised four children, and was foster parents to 25 youth. He recently received his License to Officiate from the Diocese of California. | |
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The Reverend Patricia Walker-Sprague, Priest Associate, grew up in Berkeley and spent 23 years working on federal government grants and in program management before attending California Divinity School of the Pacific, followed by her ordination in 1997. At All Souls her ministry is to our frail elders, but she is available to whoever needs to talk. She also serves as chaplain at Chaparral House (a nursing home) in Berkeley and regularly celebrates the liturgy on Tuesday mornings and assists on Thursdays and some Sundays. | |