Clergy News: St. James-Santee, McClellanville

Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. John West as priest-in-charge of St. James-Santee, McClellanville. Father West was ordained to the priesthood in 2000 and has served as a priest in the Dioceses of Georgia and Virginia before making his way to the Diocese of South Carolina.

“I am delighted and very happy to be the priest-in-charge of St. James-Santee Episcopal Church,” said Father West. “It is a lovely, warm, inviting and welcoming congregation. I look forward to getting to know my new colleagues and the many Episcopal Church members in the Diocese of South Carolina.”

Father West earned his undergraduate degrees from the University of Georgia and attended Virginia Theological Seminary. He also attended Saint George’s College in Jerusalem, Israel. He has three grown children.