St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii

ST. MATTHEW’S VICAR’S
November 20, 1949 - present
PRIESTFromToLENGTH OF SERVICEStatus
1. Dick Trelease 11/20/1949 5/7/1950 6 months (Founding vicar of St. Matthew’s while Rector, St. Christopher’s, Kailua. Retired Bishop of Rio Grande.)
2. Bill Grosh 7/30/1950 1/24/1954 3 years 6 months (Deceased Vicar Emeritus)
3. Harry Finkensteadt 1/31/1954 7/4/1954 5 months (Dioceses of Western Mass., living in England)
4. Mellick Belshaw 8/15/1954 6/30/1957 2 years 10 months (Retired Bishop of New Jersey)
5. Sheldon Hale Bishop 9/1/1957 7/27/1958 7 months (Retired from the Diocese of New York, Licensed in Missionary Diocese of Hawai’i, now deceased.)
6. Lamar Speier 8/3/1958 12/28/1958 4.5 months (Diocese of Central Gulf Coast, living in Colorado.)
7. Norman Ault 2/1/1959 6/9/1963 4 years 4 months (Deceased.)
8. Guy Piltz 7/7/1963 8/14/1966 3 years 1 month (Diocese of Hawai’i, living in Kamuela.)
9. N. Twitchell 9/11/1966 8/31/1969 2 years 11 months (Status unknown.)
10. Bill Aulenbach 9/7/1969 10/28/1973 4 years 1 month (Diocese of Pennsylvania, living in California.)
11. Charley Hopkins 5/12/1974 5/4/1980 6 years (Vicar Emeritus, retiring January 31, 1996 from St. John’s By The Sea.)
12. Dick Chang 5/11/1980 12/28/19807 months (Now Bishop, Diocese of Hawai'i.)
13. Don Brown 1/4/1981 9/25/1983 2 years 8 months (Diocese of Georgia?)
14. Fritz Minuth 11/13/1983 5/31/1987 3 years 6 months (Diocese of Hawai’i, now retired.)
15. Alison Dingley 9/20/1987 9/24/1989 2 years (Diocese of Hawai’i, Vicar, Waikiki Chapel)
16. Richard Rowe 10/1/1989 9/30/1990 1 year (Diocese of Western New York.)
17. Lee Keifer 10/7/1990 11/26/1992 2 years 1 month (Diocese of Hawai’i, Rector, Church of the Epiphany.)
18. Tom Van Culin 12/13/1992 06/30/2007 14 years 6 months     (Diocese of Hawai’i.)
19. Peter Besenbruch 03/01/2009 present (Diocese of Hawai'i.)

Note: Prior to Tom Van Cullin, vicars had served an average of 2.66 years at St. Matthew’s.


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