Fr. Dennis Kezar was born in Webster City, Iowa and graduated from Ames High School, where he competed in football, wrestling, and track.  He received the very first undergraduate degree as a member of the charter class of New College in Sarasota, and was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.  He spent his first graduate year of study in England at Oxford University studying philosophy.  Three years in seminary at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee led to a Master of Divinity degree and ordination to the priesthood.  He returned to Oxford and earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Systematic Theology in 1974.  Fr. Kezar served in the Diocese of Southwest Florida as Canon Pastor of St. Peter’s Cathedral and Chaplain to Canterbury School until 1979, when he was called as Rector of Christ Church in Bradenton.  He served there until 2004 and was very involved in the remarkable development of St. Stephens School.  After retiring briefly, he was called as Rector of St. Mary’s Parish in 2005.  He is married to the former Sandra Wall Knight of Tampa. Their family includes six children aged 29 - 45.

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