Christ Church Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Tennessee. The Rt. Rev’d John C. Bauerschmidt is the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee. He was elected on October 28, 2006 and was consecrated at the non-denominational Christ Church in Nashville on January 27, 2007. Bishop Bauerschmidt is a graduate of Kenyon College, the General Theological Seminary and Oxford University. Prior to becoming bishop, he served in South Carolina, Massachusetts, England, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Bishop Bauerschmidt and his wife, Caroline, have three adult children. He has a professional interest in theology and an amateur love of history—particularly the history of ideas.
For more information, visit the Diocese of Tennessee website.
The Very Reverend Serena Sides was elected as Dean and Rector at Christ Church Cathedral in October 2024. She joined the Cathedral on December 1, 2024.
Prior to coming to the Cathedral, Serena served at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, including as Interim Rector for almost eighteen months and as Associate Rector for over two years. Serena also served briefly at St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt University and as the Assistant Rector at Christ Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
A life-long Episcopalian, Serena came to the priesthood as a second career. She practiced corporate law and worked in national security for almost 16 years in New York City and Washington, D.C. before discerning a call to the priesthood. She was ordained to the priesthood in June 2017 at the Washington National Cathedral. Serena grew up in Washington, D.C. and Connecticut. She holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; a J.D. from Harvard Law School; and an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary. Serena and her family moved from Washington, D.C. to Nashville in August 2019 when her husband, John Sides, took a position as Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.
Serena and John have two children in high school, Ethan (17) and Hannah (15). Serena enjoys the nearby hiking trails, reading fiction, baking desserts, walking their dog Coco, rooting for the UNC Tarheels, and attending her children’s many ice hockey games.
Anna Russell is a Nashville native who grew up attending Christ Church Cathedral. After her ordination in 2010, she served as the Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Carlowville, Alabama. During that time, she also served as a full-time chaplain resident at the Tuskegee and Montgomery, Alabama V.A. Hospitals working with psychiatric patients and veterans struggling with PTSD. She later spent seven years as the Associate Rector in charge of Christian Formation and Pastoral Care at All Saints Episcopal Church in Homewood, Alabama. During her time in the Diocese of Alabama, Anna Russell served as a member of the diocesan Disciplinary Board.
Anna Russell received her B.A. in Studio Art from Lake Forest College, her M. Div. from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and her Diploma of Anglican Studies from the University of the South. She and her husband, Christopher, are the parents of three boys, Knox, Cole, and Will. When she is not running around church, you can find Anna Russell and her family at her boys’ various sporting events, walking their great pyrenees, Winnie, or relaxing on the couch watching The Great British Baking Show.
Canon and Associate Rector for Outreach and Christian Formation
Madeleine Rebouché is from Shreveport, LA and grew up in the Episcopal Church. She graduated with a B.A. in Religion and Writing from Texas Christian University before moving to Colorado where she lived and worked in an intentional living community with incarcerated teenagers. It was during these two years that Madeleine began to discern a call to full-time ministry. Madeleine then graduated with her M.Div. in 2019 from Duke Divinity School, where she worked as a chaplain in a women’s prison, studied theology and the arts, and began the discernment process for ordination to the Priesthood with the Diocese of Western Louisiana.
After her M.Div., Madeleine completed a chaplain residency through the Clinical Pastoral Education department at Duke University Hospital. There, Madeleine served as the Chaplain to the Neonatal and Pediatric floors, specializing in Pediatric Palliative Care. Madeleine moved to Nashville in 2020 to continue her theological studies in the Th.M. Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School and graduated in December 2021. She was ordained to the Priesthood in Western Louisiana in January 2021 and began serving at Christ Church Cathedral.
When she’s not at church, you may find her and her yellow lab, Olive, on a paddle board on the lake or see Madeleine scooting around town on her red moped.
Associate Rector for Evangelism, Parish Life, and Cathedral Life
Richard Wineland grew up in the Allegheny Mountains of Central Pennsylvania, near the railroad city of Altoona. He studied at Penn State University and Goshen College in Indiana, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in music performance. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Mennonite Theological Seminary in Indiana, and an MA equivalent in Psychology from Andrews University in Michigan. Currently he is completing a Doctor of Ministry degree in missional leadership and congregational development at Bexley Seabury Episcopal Seminary in Chicago.
Richard served as a Mennonite and Lutheran pastor for 10 years prior to becoming an Episcopal priest, leading congregations in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Tennessee, and has served Episcopal parishes in Indiana and Tennessee since 2005.
Fr. Richard has been involved in many nonprofit organizations throughout his ministry, and currently serves on the Boards of the Pastoral Center for Healing and Child Arise-Tennessee. He has also served on the Board of Directors of two church-wide organizations; Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. He was the founding Executive Director of the Community Music School of Goshen College, in Indiana.
Richard is a lifelong singer and musician, a published composer, and has performed at the Grand Ole Opry House and on national television. As a writer he has also had articles published in both academic journals and denomination-wide publications.
Richard is married to Lee Armstrong, a musician, poet, and registered nurse. Together they have seven adult children, scattered from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. The Winelands live in southeast Nashville.
Deacon and Pastoral Care Coordinator
Mary has been a parishioner at Christ Church since 2011 and has lived in Nashville since 2008. She has been in the book business since her teenage years. Mary has worked at Cokesbury (which is a part of the United Methodist Publishing House, an agency of the United Methodist Church) since 2013 where she purchases books in addition to other religious goods (everything from candles to baptismal fonts). She has recently retired from her position.
Mary has been married to Peter King since 1996. They met while working in a bookstore in St. Louis and Pete now works at Parnassus Books. Mary and Pete have more than 30 nieces and nephews (and growing) that they are devoted to.
Elmarie Brice
Will Fulcher
Senior Sexton
Melanie Percival
Anzora Lee-Starks
Mark McQueen
Mark Goodrum
Madelynn Claire Roche
Dr. Peter Rogahn
Dr. Michael Velting
