INTERIM RECTOR
Howard "Flip" Bushey
The Rev. Howard Bushey, also know familiarly
as Fr “Flip,” has been an ordained Episcopal Priest for nine years.
He was assigned as the interim rector of Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in July
2009 after the retirement of The Rev. Canon Joe Rhodes, who retired from parochial
ministry to begin a call to full time missionary work in Honduras. Holy Spirit
is currently conducting an active search for a new rector.
Fr. Bushey holds a BA in History from LSU with extensive graduate work in
history from ODU in VA. He also holds Masters Degrees in management from Washington
University in St. Louis, and in Theology from St. Luke’s Seminary at
Sewanee, and a Juris Doctor from LSU. He has studied ecumenism at the Vatican
in Rome.
Prior to ordination, Fr. Bushey served twenty-six years as an officer in the
U.S. Army retiring as Chief of the Army’s retirement system; as a private
attorney in Baton Rouge; and as the Human Resource and Management Information
Director for St. James Retirement Community.
Before coming to Holy Spirit in 2008, Fr. Bushey was the rector of St. Stephen’s
in Innis; vicar of St. Paul’s/Holy Trinity in New Roads and St. Mary’s
in Morganza; and Diocesan Missioner for Pointe Coupee Parish all in the diocese
of Louisiana. He also served for three years as an associate at St. Luke’s
in Baton Rouge.
Fr. Bushey is a member of the Executive Board of the Diocese, serves on the Constitutions and Canons committee, the Ecumenical Commission, the undoing racism committee, and as an examining chaplain for the commission on ministry.