The Reverend Carlos de la Torre
Rector
cdelatorre@ascensionchicago.org
Fr. de la Torre arrived at the Church of the Ascension after serving for four years as Rector of Saint John's, Bellefonte in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as curate of Christ Church, New Haven, a historic downtown Anglo-Catholic parish in the Diocese of Connecticut, and as director of Saint Hilda’s House, a residential service year program for young adults. During his tenure in Connecticut, he also served as a Region Missioner, a Diocesan position aimed to encourage greater collaboration among parishes.
Fr. de la Torre has held several diocesan and church-wide appointments. He has served on the Commission on Ministry in the Diocese of Connecticut and Central Pennsylvania, he was elected as a clergy deputy to General Convention, and he was subsequently appointed to the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church. He is a member of various Catholic devotional societies and a priest associate at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Fr. de la Torre was born in Lima, Peru, and was raised in a New York City suburb. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, and a Bachelor of Arts from Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York.