In 2025, Bradley became Trinity’s 13th Rector. Before that, he served as Rector of St. John’s in Lafayette, Indiana as well as churches in Youngstown, Ohio and Wheaton, Illinois. He studied philosophy at Berea College in Kentucky, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Illinois where he received a Ph.D. in 2006. During graduate school, Bradley discerned a call to ordained ministry and attended seminary at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago in 2008.
Bradley and his wife Katie have been married since 1998 and are the proud parents of three young adult children: Isaiah, Clay, and Jude. Katie is the Divinity teacher at St. Richard’s Episcopal School.
Bradley is deeply committed to building community through worship and pastoral care, maintaining tradition while also seeking to be open and responsive to the evolving needs of the community. He is also committed to collaborative leadership, direct communication, and transparency. These commitments are all in service of helping people discover and live out their various vocations, the unique ways each of us work to reflect God’s love into the world.
