The Rev. Canon Joseph Pae was born in South Korea and came to the United States at age fourteen. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Divinity School and received a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
A lifelong Episcopalian, Canon Pae has served in a wide variety of ministries, including parish leadership, youth and faith formation, and hospital and port chaplaincy. His ministry has taken him to congregations and institutions across the country, including Christ Church in Alexandria, VA; Saint Martin’s Korean Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, PA; and St. Joseph/Trinity in Flushing, NY.
Canon Pae served at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City for 16 years prior to his appointment in 2010 as Great Neck Episcopal Ministry Missioner.
He and his wife, Prisca (JuYoung), have two children, Ethan and Evelyn.