Clergy & Staff

The Reverend  Mark L. Fitzhugh became the 19th Rector of Trinity Church, Mobile, on Sept. 1, 2025. Previously, he served from 2015 to 2025 as the rector of St. John’s of Lattingtown in Long Island, New York, and from 2010 to 2015 as the rector of St. Simon's on the Sound Episcopal Church in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. From 2003 to 2010, Fitzhugh served as assistant to the rector at Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he was chaplain to the highly regarded Christ Church Men & Boys Choir program. 

     In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama by the Rt. Rev. Henry N. Parsley, Jr and served two years as the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from The General Theological Seminary in New York. While at the seminary, his field placement experiences were with the Rev. Barbara Crafton at St. Clement's Church in Manhattan and the Rev. Bill Tully at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue in New York City.

     Fitzhugh is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from Murphy High School in 1980, and the University of South Alabama in 1985. Following college, he was an assistant sports information director at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 1985 to 1994. Just prior to going to seminary, he worked with both the Epilepsy Foundation of North Alabama and the Alabama Early Intervention System while living in Birmingham.

     On a personal note, Fitzhugh is the youngest of three sons, and their father, William Neale Fitzhugh, was a co-pilot during World War II, notably participating in Jimmy Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942. Additionally, his mother, Dot Fitzhugh, was a longtime member of Trinity and served on the Altar Guild for many years.

     Fitzhugh and his wife, Dr. Cheri Smith (who were married at Trinity Church in 1995), have two daughters, Emma and Ella.

Jasmine Moultrie loves our children, and they love her! A graduate of Williamson High School, Jasmine is trained in early childhood education. As our Parish Steward, she takes care of our children and lots of other things around here.

Ken Weber currently serves as the Associate Director of Ministry at Loyola University in New Orleans. His academic training is in opera performance, having obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from Boston College and a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory. His ministry leadership experience began by directing music for Masses in high school. He spent several years freelancing as a professional opera singer and as a music teacher. 

Brother Jacob Luke Taylor, OSB, is a solemnly professed brother of the Benedictine Community of Saint Joseph of Natchez MS. A native of Mobile, he has served as our Parish Administrator since 2018. Brother Jacob is a graduate of Spring Hill College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and a certified Pastoral Care Leader by the School for Ministry of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast.

Trinity Church engaged the firm Bookkeeping Solutions LLC to administer Trinity’s finances in November 2022. Owner Dawn Hearn graduated from Southeast College of Technology with a degree in Business Administration. As a bookkeeper Dawn worked for over a decade before she decided to start her own full-service bookkeeping company in 2012. She is delighted to add Trinity to her list of clients, and we are delighted that she serves as the Finance Administrator for Trinity.