The Rev. Canon Licia Affer serves as the Canon to the Ordinary for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. In this role,she acts as Chief of Diocesan Staff and top advisor to the bishop on administrative matters, with oversight of clergy formation, transition, deployment, congregational formation, discernment of Holy Orders, and conflict mediation, while also serving as the bishop's liaison to the disciplinary reference panel.
Born in Milan, Italy, Cn. Affer has lived and worked in a number of different places in Europe and the United States, including Spain, France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Phoenix, Arizona, where she served at Trinity Cathedral and at All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Day School. She is a graduate of The General Theological Seminary and before her ordination was a language scholar with a specialization in Applied Linguistics from the University of Milan.
Prior to joining the Diocese of Long Island, Canon Licia served as the Canon to the Ordinary in The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida. Before her time in Florida, she was the Rector at Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church and Day School in Atlanta, Georgia, where she also served on the Diocesan Executive Council, the Vitality Commission, and the Congregational Development Committee and as Convocational Dean.
Canon Licia is married to Maurizio, a scientist, and they are the proud parents of an adult daughter, Cecilia, who lives in Colorado.