Our Clergy and Chapter of Canons
Major Clergy
Bp. Lyngine Calizo, Presiding Bishop serves as Pastor of St. Mary of Grace Parish in the Philadelphia/Northern Delaware region. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. Professionally, she organizes scientific programming for conferences and workshops on cancer research. As a member of the YES! Coalition she developed panels on LGBT issues and spirituality and helped organize the first catholic Mass at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. She was elected in 2021 to serve as Presiding Bishop of the ICCC following the retirement of the jurisdiction's founding bishop. She lives in Philadelphia with her wife and can be reached at [email protected] or at (267) 368-7327.
Mtr. Sandra Hutchinson serves as Chaplain of the Oratory of St. Catherine of Siena in Boston and Guest Preacher at St. Mary of Grace Parish. She has an AB in History from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Urban Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Professionally, she is a proofreading supervisor for a custom college textbook publishing company in Boston. She can be contacted at [email protected].
Bp. Michael Shirk, Auxiliary Bishop is currently settled in St. Louis, MO with his husband. He holds a BA in French. He has been interested in computers since childhood and works in web development. Experienced in a range of church music from ancient chant to modern hymns, he has served as music/choir director at several parishes and freelances as an organist. He is the Chaplain of the Divine Infant King Apostolate for Traditional Liturgy and the Publisher of Rene Vilatte Press. He was elected in 2021 to serve as Auxiliary Bishop. He can be reached at [email protected].
Fr. David Wood lives near the Boston area and is pastor of the Oratory of St. Faustina. He has a love of traditional Roman liturgy and holds holds a deep devotion to St. Maria Faustina of the Most Blessed Sacrament.. Fr. Dave is trained in spiritual direction (Adelynrood School for Spiritual Direction) and is a member of Spiritual Direction International. Professionally he works as a paramedic and is also an EMT instructor in northern Massachusetts and lives with his boyfriend in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He can be reached at [email protected] or at (978) 912-0119.
Chapter of Canons
Bp. Lyngine Calizo
Ms. Elise Hudson
Mr. Michael Hudson
Mtr. Sandra Hutchinson
Bp. Michael Shirk
Fr. David Wood
Ms. Elise Hudson
Mr. Michael Hudson
Mtr. Sandra Hutchinson
Bp. Michael Shirk
Fr. David Wood
Retired Clergy
Bp. Timothy Cravens co-founded the Independent Catholic Christian Church in 2002 with Bp. John Plummer. He served as pastor at St. Mary of Grace Parish for 16 years and Presiding Bishop of the Independent Catholic Christian Church for 19 years until his retirement on July 1, 2021.
