The Very Reverend Kevin L Morris, DMin. is the Ninth Rector of The Church of The Ascension, Rockville Centre and Dean of the Southwest Nassau Deanery in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
Father Kevin was elected rector of Ascension in the Summer of 2012. Just prior to receiving the call from us, he was Director of Pastoral Care, Patient Relations and Volunteer Services at an acute care hospital affiliated with the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey.
At the same time, he was also serving as a long-term supply priest at Christ Church in Harrison, New Jersey. His responsibilities have included a great deal of involvement in administrative and pastoral care duties and he has worked in both small and large parishes. Father Kevin served for three years as Staff Chaplain in a Florida Hospice where he provided spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their families. He was ordained deacon at Trinity Cathedral in Miami, Florida and ordained priest at The Church of The Resurrection, New York New York, both in 2004.
He received a B.A. from the University of Miami where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in English Literature and History and spent a summer studying at Oxford University, UK. He completed studies for his MDiv. at Yale. In 2022, Father Kevin received a DMin. in Preaching from the University of the South.
Father Kevin enjoys traveling, is an excellent writer, and loves cooking. In May of 2016, Father Kevin was married to Father Keith Voets, an Episcopal priest and the Rector of Saint Alban the Martyr in Queens. In June of 2022, he and Father Keith welcomed their son, Robert David (Robbie) into the world