The Rev. Sam Portaro, D.Min. – Assisting Priest
Sam Portaro is a retired priest of the Episcopal Church. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (AB), Virginia Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Princeton Seminary (DMin). Ordained in 1975, he served as Vicar of the Church of the Epiphany in Newton, NC; Episcopal Chaplain to the College of William & Mary and Associate Rector of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA, from 1976 until 1982; and Episcopal Chaplain & Directorof Brent House at The University of Chicago, 1982-2004. From 2005 to 2017 he served on conference faculty and wrote for CREDO, the Education & Wellness division of the Church Pension Group. Author of eight books, numerous essays and articles, he has served as a consultant, educator and preacher nationwide and in England. He lives in the neighborhood with his spouse, Christopher Dionesotes.
