Completing 60+ years of Ministry

The Very Rev. William B. Lane

After 60+ years of ordained ministry, the Very Rev. William B. Lane will be leaving St. Nicholas' Church in Newark after serving nine years as their priest-in-charge.

Bill first came to Delaware in 1975 when he assumed responsibilities as vicar of St. Nicholas' Church and diocesan coordinator of Christian Education. Eleven years later, he joined the clergy staff of Christ Church Christiana Hundred as associate rector. In 1997 he became the dean and rector of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bill and his late wife, Beverly, returned to Delaware in 2006 where he went on to serve at the Church of the Ascension, the Cathedral Church of St. John, St. Anne’s Church, and Christ Church Christiana Hundred before returning, once again, to St. Nicholas'.

The ministries that stand out for Bill from his time in Delaware are: being a founder of a public health project in Haiti; establishing a mutual ministry relationship with the Diocese of Haiti; supporting the mission and ministry of Saint George’s College in Jerusalem while serving for many years as a member and officer of the North American Committee for the College; being founder and first president of Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware; serving on the board of Saint Michael’s School as a member and President; serving as a board member and president of Pacem in Terris; being a founder and chair of Delaware Churches for Middle East Peace, and a member of Delawareans for Palestinians Human Rights.

Bill says he feels blessed by the clergy he has been associated with, and by the countless number of lay-persons he has served through the years of his ordained ministry.