The Reverend Canon Lloyd Stuart Casson, 1935-
Rev. Casson celebrating the Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Matthew, 2005. Courtesy of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, Wilmington, DE.
Currently Rector Emeritus of the racially diverse church community of Saints Andrew and Matthew in Wilmington, Delaware, Lloyd Casson has provided leadership at all levels of the church for over forty years in urban community affairs and world issues. He is also active in ecumenical and interfaith relations locally, nationally, and worldwide.
Ordained to the diaconate in 1964 and to the priesthood in 1965, Casson began his ministry serving parishes in Wilmington. He went on to serve as Canon Missioner at Washington National Cathedral and Assistant to the Bishop for Community and Ecumenical Affairs in the Diocese of Washington, D.C. in 1976. In 1982, he served as Chaplain and Instructor in Liturgy at the Bishops Training Program of the Anglican provinces of Africa, Limuru, and Kenya. From 1985 to 1988, he was the Subdean of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. Casson returned to Trinity Church, Wall Street in 1988 as Vicar. From 1993 until his return to Wilmington in 1997, Casson served as Rector of St. Mark’s in the Bowery.
Rev. Casson, of the Standing Liturgical Commission, presents a report on the process of developing inclusive language liturgies for church use, 1987.
Rev. Casson, president of the Episcopal Urban Caucus, and Dr. Deborah H. Hines, chairman of the Caucus energy task force, at the second National Assembly of the Episcopal Church Urban Activist Group, 1981.