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  Our current Interim Cannon Missioner is Fr. Omar
Pitman. Fr. Omar, as he likes to be called, began his
spiritual leadership roll for our Central Convocation
Partnership in Mission on January 1, 2006.
  Fr. Omar was born August 26, 1933 and grew up in
Big Spring, Texas.
  He received his B.A. degree from the New Mexico
Military Institute and a Masters of Divinity degree from
the General Theological Seminary in New York City.
He was ordained as a deacon in 1957 and later a
priest on February 4, 1958.
  Fr, Omar has served in churches in New Mexico and
Pennsylvania and has also served as associate rector
at St Luke’s Episcopal Church right here in San
Antonio for thirteen and a half years before retiring on
September 1, 2005.
  Fr. Omar married Mary Ellen Engels, from San
Bernadino, California on November 27, 1965. They
have two children, a son David (38), and a daughter,
Margaret (32). Fr. Omar and Mary are blessed with
two grandsons, Matthew (5) and Nace (4 ½).

   Fr. Omar has been living in San Antonio for the past 29 years He and Mary enjoy the weather here.
When he is not attending to church duties, he loves to read mysteries and work crossword puzzles. He
says that it helps to keep Alzheimer's away!
   He and Mary love to travel but with his busy schedule he has been keeping, they have not been able
to do much of it. The Partnership is his first priority at the moment. Fr Omar and Mary will continue to look
foreward to traveling more in the near future.
  His goal for the future is to one day “really totally retire”, enjoy his family and watch his grandchildren
grow up.
  Fr. Omar says, “The church is the central part of my life". He grew up in the Episcopal Church, and has
always been active in church, beginning with serving as an acolyte when he was young.
  Our Central Convocation Partnership in Mission is blessed to have Fr. Omar and Mary with us.