| Summary: | Minister Reverend Father Darryl F. James was born on July 3, 1954 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His family moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he spent his childhood. James earned his B.A. degree from Howard University in 1975, and went on to earn his M.Div. degree from Yale University. His first post-seminary appointment was to assist Dean Dillard Robinson at Trinity Cathedral in Newark, New Jersey. He then served as the assistant for youth and young adult ministries at St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church in Detroit, Michigan. In 1985, James became the rector of the Messiah-St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Chicago, Illinois where he served for twenty-one years. He also became national president of the Union of Black Episcopalians. He was a member of the Chicago School Board from 1990 to 1995. James continued his ministry at the historic Grace Episcopal Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York as priest-in-charge in 2007.
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