Biography

Rev. Lorne grew up in the Okanagan and attended UBC, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Genetics, with a minor in Psychology.

He went on to earn a Master of Divinity and a Theological Diploma at Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, concentrating in Systematic Theology and Liturgics.

He was ordained into the Lutheran church in 2004 and received into the Anglican priesthood in 2018. Lorne has held assistant pastor, senior pastor, assistant priest, and Rector positions in six Lutheran and Anglican parishes over his 17 years of ordained ministry. Prior to joining St. Paul's as Interim Priest in November 2024, he was Rector of St. Philip's, Dunbar in Vancouver and St. Timothy’s in Edmonton.

Alongside his ordained ministry, Rev. Lorne has been on the board of a large Anglican Senior’s residence, held advisor and sessional lecturer positions at Concordia Seminary, was for three years the General Secretary of the Roman Catholic/Lutheran Church of Canada Ecumenical Dialogue hosted jointly between Newman Theological College and Concordia, and has served on a variety of committees regarding liturgy, worship, and church music.

Rev. Lorne has also been an organist and church musician for nearly 37 years, and has held various positions as organist, music director, and choir accompanist and has been a solo recitalist across Canada and in the US, Europe, and the UK.