About
Rector Search
Trinity Old Swedes Parish has completed its discernment process under the leadership of the search team and is pleased to provide a detailed parish profile. It is especially relevant to new rector candidates, but access is open to everyone.
Who is serving during the transition
Our clergy lead and care for the parish while the search team discerns our next call.
The Rev. Dr. Kirtley Yearwood, SR
Interim Rector
Following the retirement of our previous rector, Fr. Kirtley began serving as interim rector of Trinity Parish (Trinity and Old Swedes) in May 2025. He is passionate about congregational life and finds joy in partnering with congregations discerning new and creative ways of exercising mission and serving their surrounding communities.
For over sixteen years he has served parishes in several dioceses as an intentional interim rector or priest-in-charge, and as a consultant in congregational leadership development, mission planning, and clergy search processes. He is certified in appreciative inquiry, transitional ministry, and clergy coaching.
Fr. Kirtley is a bi-vocational priest and physician. He prepared for ordination at the General Theological Seminary and trained in pathology. He is a vowed member of the Society of the Resurrection (SR), Mirfield, United Kingdom, and seeks to offer generous hospitality: 'All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed like Christ.'
The Rev. Dr. Marta Illueca
Pastoral Associate
A native New Yorker with a bi-vocational spin to her ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, Marta earned a medical degree with honors from the University of Panamá and specialized in pediatric gastroenterology at Weill-Cornell Medical College. She is a graduate of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and was ordained to the priesthood in 2019.
Marta is the Clergy Medical Liaison for the Episcopal Church in Delaware and leads the diocesan Pain and Prayer Project. Her ministry focus at Trinity is serving the Hispanic/Latino community, a vibrant international congregation. She began her ministry at Trinity Parish in February 2023.
The Rev. Christopher L. David
Priest Associate
A native of Wales, Fr. David came to the United States in 1965 and earned a BA in politics at New York University. He entered General Theological Seminary in 1969 and, after graduating in 1972, served as Assistant Minister at Grace Church in New York and as a chaplain at NYU.
He was a founding member and chair of the Episcopal Migrant Farmworker Committee and served congregations in the Hudson Valley, Newark, Long Island, and Vermont. The Davids moved to Delaware in 2018 and found Trinity–Old Swedes to be the church home they had been seeking. Fr. David enjoys leading services in English and Spanish and helping at the altar.
Search team
Parishioners guiding the process, alongside our consultant.
- Rachel Berninger
- Betsy Chapin
- Greg Cuprak
- Steve Dooley
- Brian Embriani
- Doug McQuirter
- Angelica Morales
- Toni Spille
- The Rev. John Pumphrey (consultant)
Parishioners with questions, please email office@trinityparishde.org
How to apply
Those seeking information about, or interested in applying for, this ministry position follow these steps.
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Read the parish profile to get to know Trinity Parish, our two historic churches, and our English and Spanish congregations.
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Contact The Rev. Canon Brad Hinton, Canon to the Ordinary for the Episcopal Church in Delaware, to express interest and receive application guidance.
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Submit your materials through the diocesan office. The search team reviews candidates and arranges conversations and visits.
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Have a question first? Use the form below or call the parish office and we will point you in the right direction.
Contact for candidates
The Rev. Canon Brad Hinton, Canon to the Ordinary, Episcopal Church in Delaware
Ask about the search
Send us a question about the process or the position. Your message goes privately to the Trinity team.