Priest Is M.E. at Episcopalian
Episcopal News Service. March 10, 1988 [88045]
PHILADELPHIA (DPS, March 10) -- Richard H. Schmidt, priest and journalist, has been appointed managing editor of The Episcopalian, Richard L. Crawford, publisher, has announced.
Schmidt, 43, has resigned as rector of St. Peter's Church, Ladue, Mo., to take up his new duties at the Philadelphia-based publication.
"Dick Schmidt comes to The Episcopalian with years of experience in writing and editing and with a good knowledge of graphics," Crawford said. "Dick is no stranger to the readers of The Episcopalian. He has written for this publication many times and for a number of years he has been one of the editors of the Professional Pages which is circulated among the clergy," he said. "We welcome him to the staff, knowing that along with his wide experience as a journalist and pastor, he brings new ideas."
A native of Louisville, Ky., Schmidt was ordained priest in 1970. He is a graduate of Kenyon College and the Vanderbilt Divinity School. He has done further graduate work at the University of the South, West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, the Virginia Theological Seminary, and the Cantess Summer School, Canterbury, England.