The Reverend Charles N. Lochner, M.A., M.S., M.R.E.
Rector

The Rev. Charles N. Lochner was born in Utica, N.Y. He was ordained a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1971. He served in parishes and educational institutions in Connecticut and Louisiana. Having resigned from the formal priesthood in 1977, Fr. Lochner married in 1980. He continued in ministry serving as a Parish Director of Religious Education and as a Family Counselor. In 1997, Fr. Lochner was received as a Priest into the Episcopal Church. He has served at The Church of the Atonement in Tenafly and Grace Van Vorst Church in Jersey City. His educational background includes four graduate degrees in Theology, Religious Education and Marriage & Family Counseling. He and his wife Jeanie live in Spring Lake, N.J. where they are often visited by their six children and nine grandchildren.