The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi has been informed of the death of the Very Revd. Michael Reed, OCR, at the age of 76. He was Vicar for Ohio in the Apostolic Episcopal Church and Order of Corporate Reunion and had charge of the St Peter the Aleut Apostolic Episcopal Mission in North Olmsted.

Michael Bauer Reed was born in 1946 in Wooster, Ohio. He earned bachelor and master’s degrees in sacred music and music education and in secular life taught music at a school in North Olmsted. He continued to teach music throughout his retirement and sent a number of video recordings of his performances at the Hammond organ as gifts to the Prince-Abbot.

He was ordained priest in 1983 in the Orthodox-Catholic Church of America under Bishops George Hyde and Alfred Lankenau, and subsequently entered the Apostolic Episcopal Church under former Primate Archbishop Francis Spataro. He wrote in 2014 of his church affiliation, “I will probably be right here till the veil opens, and I take the next step!” He served the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Order of Corporate Reunion faithfully and was a valued member of our clergy.

He is survived by his widow, children and grandchildren. Memory Eternal!