Rev. Luz Montes to Join Cathedral Staff

Dean Nathaniel Katz is pleased to announce that the Reverend Luz Montes has accepted the call to join our Cathedral Staff.

The Rev. Luz Montes was born in Houston, Texas, to a family that came to the United States from El Salvador. She attended church most of her childhood but did not become aware of the Episcopal Church until she began attending Iglesia Episcopal San Mateo during her early teenage years. She attended her first Episcopal Youth Event, which draws together youth from across the entire Episcopal Church, in 2005. Shortly after, she became actively involved in ministry across the Diocese of Texas and the wider Episcopal Church.

Rev. Montes graduated with a bachelor of science from the University of Houston. Before attending seminary, she was a bilingual education teacher and served as a lay minister at Iglesia Episcopal San Mateo. She received her Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin and became the curate at Trinity Episcopal Church, Houston, in 2020.

She was ordained on February 20, 2021, as the first Latina priest from a Spanish-speaking parish in the Diocese of Texas. After her curacy, she remained at Trinity as its Associate Rector. She has served as a deputy to the General Convention, Secretary of the Commission on Hispanic Ministry, and Youth Ministry Liaison for the Episcopal Church Office of Youth Ministries. Rev. Montes is married to Thanh, and together they have one beautiful and sassy daughter and two dogs.

Rev. Luz Montes will begin her ministry at Christ Church on Sunday, March 17th.