Our Clergy

Geoffrey Michael St. John Hoare is the Rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.  In this role, he serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the parish, responsible for all aspects of this worshipping community. 

Geoffrey has deep experience in parish ministry, having served for eighteen years as the Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta and for more than ten years as the Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia.  He started his ministry as Deacon and Priest at Christ Church in Raleigh, North Carolina

Geoffrey is devoted to broad engagement with the community, both locally and globally.  He has participated in many of the social justice offerings at St. Alban’s  most notably leading the youth of the parish into relationship with the homeless in the nation’s capital and with those in impoverished Appalachia.  He serves on the advisory board for Sojourners capital campaign. (Geoffrey's full bio is online here.)

Jim Quigley was born and raised in suburban Chicago, Illinois.  A graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati, for many years Jim made his living as a painter, sculptor and furniture maker.  After a mid-career calling Jim attended The Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with honors in theology. He has served as an Associate Rector, College Chaplain and Rector at parishes in Kentucky, New Orleans and Washington, DC.

Jim oversees adult formation, outreach and pastoral care.

Emily Griffin grew up in Syracuse, NY. After completing a dual Masters of Divinity/Masters of Social Work at Princeton Seminary and Rutgers University (along with a Masters of Sacred Theology at General Seminary in NYC), she was ordained to the priesthood in 2003. Emily has served parishes in New Jersey, Virginia and now Washington, DC – with a primary focus on Christian education across the generations; she is also an accredited Godly Play Trainer. She and her husband Mike live in the District.

Emily oversees children's formation & family ministries, coordinates our worship guilds, and helps newcomers find their place at St. Alban's.

Debbie comes to St. Alban’s with experience in counseling, legal advocacy, international development, child and adult education, social work, and management as well as hospital and school chaplaincy.  Bi-lingual and bi-cultural, Debbie has worked with multicultural immigrant families and with the Latino community for the past 15 years.  In the last five, she has also served the Spanish-speaking congregations at St. Alban’s and Ascension, Gaithersburg, part-time, as an intern, seminarian, deacon, and priest.  In addition to her Masters of Divinity with honors, she has graduate degrees and licenses in law, education, and philosophy/political science/public administration.

Rev. Debbie works with the Spanish-language service and congregation.

John McDuffie is originally from Hendersonville, North Carolina. He was a clinical social worker for ten years, serving in psychiatric facilities in North Carolina and Virginia. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary, and was ordained as a priest in 1988. John came to the Diocese of Washington in 1989 as rector of St. Dunstan’s Church in Bethesda. From 1998 until his retirement in 2018, John served as the rector of Christ Church in Rockville. An accomplished jazz saxophonist, he led a band who performed at Jazz Vespers services at Christ Church, and he looks forward to introducing this style of worship to St. Alban’s. 

John is leading Wednesday morning Bible Study while Jim Quigley is on sabbatical.