We give thanks for the life of Paul Rex McMullan, Priest, and are grateful for his ministry in our diocese and in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Paul died on Saturday, June 10.
Paul is survived by his daughter Andrea and son Matthew and their families.
He was born in Toronto, August 24, 1937. He attended Upper Canada College. In 1961, he graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts (English), then in 1964, with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology. Paul also studied music, including piano, organ, and voice. He was a member of several choirs and also served as a choir director.
Paul was ordained to the diaconate May 10, 1964, at St. Clement, Eglinton, Toronto by The Right Reverend G.B. Snell, Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto for the Right Reverend Godfrey Gower. He was curate at St Mary’s, Kerrisdale. Bishop Gower ordained him to the priesthood on June 13, 1965, at Christ Church Cathedral. He continued to serve at St Mary’s, Kerrisdale as Assistant Priest. In 1967, Paul became incumbent of All Saints, Agassiz and St. Peter, Rosedale. In 1971, he became a member of the clergy team of the Fraser-Cheam parish (Sardis, Chilliwack, Rosedale, Agassiz, Hope and Yale), residing in Hope. Later he would also be part of a shared ministry arrangement with Hope United Church. He resigned as Rector of Christ Church, Hope, in August 1987, but continued to serve as Pastor Emeritus until 2006.
Funeral details are to be confirmed, but it is anticipated it will be in late August in Hope.