About Us: Our Clergy
Priest-In-Charge: The Rev. Jorge Pallares
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The Rev. Jorge Enrique Pallares is a native of Mexico and has been an ordained Episcopal priest since 2006.
He grew up in the Roman Catholic Church and became attracted to the Anglican church in 1996 following a trip to California with his family. He and his family became members of the San Jorge Anglican Parish in Mexico City. Before entering the priesthood, he spent 23 years in Mexico as a civil engineer in his own company and others, working on construction, design and supervision of roads and varied types of construction. He also was a teacher of mathematics and a high school principal. |
After earning his civil engineering degree from the Autonomous University in Puebla, Mexico, he studied business administration, marketing and other subjects at the University of Las Americas, Cholula Puebla Campus.
He began his studies in theology in 2001 at the Anglican Seminary of San Andres and the Theological Community in Mexico City, earning both a bachelor’s degree in theology and a diploma in pastoral psychology with honors. He was ordained a transitory deacon in 2006 at Christ Church Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Mexico and later that year was ordained a priest. In 2007 he was priest-in-charge of a new mission in the state of Puebla, restoring the Anglican church there for the first time in many decades.
After serving two years as non-stipend clergy in the Diocese of Mexico, he was invited to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in 2008. He became an American Citizen and served in various parishes in the Diocese of Los Angeles until 2018. From 2018 to 2022 Padre Jorge served as Canon for Congregational Life at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
To a church dedicated to serving the pastoral needs of Ridgecrest he brings broad experience in both secular and religious areas as well as bilingual skills.
Padre Jorge has three adult daughters, Carolina from his first marriage, and Mariana and Patricia with his wife Rosa.
Rosa was a professional technician in social work in Mexico and is a registered assistant nurse in California.
He began his studies in theology in 2001 at the Anglican Seminary of San Andres and the Theological Community in Mexico City, earning both a bachelor’s degree in theology and a diploma in pastoral psychology with honors. He was ordained a transitory deacon in 2006 at Christ Church Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Mexico and later that year was ordained a priest. In 2007 he was priest-in-charge of a new mission in the state of Puebla, restoring the Anglican church there for the first time in many decades.
After serving two years as non-stipend clergy in the Diocese of Mexico, he was invited to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in 2008. He became an American Citizen and served in various parishes in the Diocese of Los Angeles until 2018. From 2018 to 2022 Padre Jorge served as Canon for Congregational Life at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
To a church dedicated to serving the pastoral needs of Ridgecrest he brings broad experience in both secular and religious areas as well as bilingual skills.
Padre Jorge has three adult daughters, Carolina from his first marriage, and Mariana and Patricia with his wife Rosa.
Rosa was a professional technician in social work in Mexico and is a registered assistant nurse in California.
Parish Deacon: The Rev. Cathy Kline
Email: [email protected]
Deacon Cathy was born into an Episcopalian family, baptized at one month old, and confirmed into the Episcopal Church at 12 years of age. She grew up in a small rural community in a town called Medford N.J. and attended a quaint little country church. Back then, women were not called or permitted to serve at the altar so she never had the opportunity to serve as an acolyte. As a teenager however, Cathy developed a deep relationship with God, and after moving to Tucson Arizona with her family joined the youth group. She married a navy man right out of high school and soon moved to California.
Deacon Cathy has been a member of the Diocese of San Juaquin since 1983 and a member of St. Michael’s since 1989. She served many a term on the Vestry and the Bishop’s Committee as well as running a very active youth ministry. When Cathy received the call to serve as a deacon, she returned to school at Cerro Coso College and received her AA in both Liberal Arts and Behavioral Art in 2018. She attended our Diocese School for Deacons and Graduated in 2020 becoming ordained in the middle of a pandemic which made it a very different ordination than most. She was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by Bishop David on January 23, 2021
Deacon Cathy served her first year after ordination at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bakersfield, and she has now been asked to serve at St. Michael’s to assist our priest in charge. "I am very blessed to return to my home congregation as I continue to live in Ridgecrest which is the home of my daughter and her husband as well as my 10 year old grandchild." Deacon Cathy also has a son and daughter-in-law who live in Las Vegas NV with her 18 month old grandson.
Deacon Cathy has been a member of the Diocese of San Juaquin since 1983 and a member of St. Michael’s since 1989. She served many a term on the Vestry and the Bishop’s Committee as well as running a very active youth ministry. When Cathy received the call to serve as a deacon, she returned to school at Cerro Coso College and received her AA in both Liberal Arts and Behavioral Art in 2018. She attended our Diocese School for Deacons and Graduated in 2020 becoming ordained in the middle of a pandemic which made it a very different ordination than most. She was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by Bishop David on January 23, 2021
Deacon Cathy served her first year after ordination at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bakersfield, and she has now been asked to serve at St. Michael’s to assist our priest in charge. "I am very blessed to return to my home congregation as I continue to live in Ridgecrest which is the home of my daughter and her husband as well as my 10 year old grandchild." Deacon Cathy also has a son and daughter-in-law who live in Las Vegas NV with her 18 month old grandson.