The Very Rev. Stephen Spicer graduated in 2014 with a Master of Divinity from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Colorado. After his ordination, Stephen was invited by the Diocese of Texas and the Rev. Hannah Atkins to serve as Curate at Trinity Episcopal Church in Midtown Houston. In late November 2016, he accepted a call to serve as Priest-in-Charge and later became Rector of Christ Church, Eagle Lake, TX. In August 2021, Stephen became the rector of Grace Church in Hopkinsville, KY.

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Stephen was born in Craig, Colorado, and spent his formative years in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1993, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Medicine, after which he returned to Colorado to begin his career. His first position was in mobile nuclear medicine, where he provided diagnostic imaging to rural communities in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Later in his nineteen-year career, he worked at hospitals in Longmont and Fort Morgan, Colorado.

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Fr. Steve is currently the Dean of the Four Rivers Deanery, an Episcopal clergy group; a Trustee of the University of the South; a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army of Hopkinsville; and a Commissioner for the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission. He chairs the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky's Budgeting Committee and serves on the Mission Funding Committee. Stephen is happily married to Amy, his wife of over 25 years. They have four children, two who have graduated from college, one who is in college, and one who is living at home. In his free time, Stephen likes working on home improvement projects, photography, genealogy, and spending time with family. His family also has three dogs and two cats.