Gary R. Hall

Gary R. Hall was the 10th dean of Washington National Cathedral (2012-2015)

He was born in Los Angeles. He holds an A.B. from UC-Berkeley and a Ph.D from UCLA, plus a M. Div from episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge.

He has been an ordained minister for more than 35 years. He served several parishes in the USA . The congregations he served included All Saints Pasadena where he was senior clergy associate for education for 11 years. He taught Anglican theology and Polity at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont. He was both dean and president at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston (2005-10).

Before he became dean at Washington National Cathedral he was the rector of Christ Church Cranbrook.
When he arrived he was told $50 milion was needed for quake damage and long term financial stability. He was known as a fix-up man. He raised the cathedral’s profile with his outspoken and steady public comments on things like race, transgender rights and gun control. He said later the place needed to raise $50 million, a decade, over the next 30 years to be sustainable.

He currently serves as the National Cathedral’s chief ecclesiastical leader and executive officer, working closely with the bishop of Washington and governing bodies to shape and support ministries in the city of Washington,the nation and the world.