The Reverend Bill Bradbury, Bridge Priest

Grew up in Atlanta at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Majored in Religion at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!)
Master in Divinity (an arrogant claim!) at Virginia Theological Seminary
Served churches in Dioceses of Atlanta and Georgia then 20 years as rector of St.
Peter’s, Washington, NC on the Pamlico River in the Diocese of East Carolina.
In 2006 served as rector of Grace, New Bedford until 2012 when I became Priest in Charge and then rector of All Saints’, Chelmsford, from which I retired in January 2020 after 42 years of full-time ministry.

In June 2020 I was Bridge Priest at St. Andrew’s, Methuen until July 2022.
In July 2022 I served as Bridge Priest at St. James, Groveland for 14 months.
In September 2023 served as Bridge Priest at the Episcopal Churches in Lowell—St. Anne’s and St. John’s.
In April 2024 served as Bridge Priest at St. Stephen’s, Lynn until the end of August, 2025.

I have two married kids: Katie, who leads admissions for St. Mary’s School, a prep school for girls in Raleigh; Andy, a Nurse Practitioner in Chapel Hill, until his untimely death due to illness in May 2025. I have 4 grandkids, ages 16 to 10.

Stephanie, also a priest, and I were married by Bishop Shaw in 2010. She is currently Interim Rector of St. Mark’s, Southborough. Her son Duncan lives and works in Baltimore, MD and her son Jax is taking a year off from Clark University in Worcester. We have lived in Lowell since 2018. I enjoy reading, movies (as you’ll see from my sermons) podcasts, and playing tennis.

Love to preach, teach, discuss, and investigate the good news of God coming to us in Jesus Christ (instead of us having to climb up to God). I am continuing to learn and serve Triune God revealed in Jesus who, through the Spirit, is “the incarnation of the faithfulness of God”.