a deacon in 2010. On 19 June 2011, he was ordained as a priest by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, during a service at York Minster. From 2010 to 2013, he served his curacy at York Minster where he was also Vicarius Canonicorum (a type of Minor Canon). From 2013 until his death, he was a non-stipendiary priest and assistant curate in the Parish of St. Mary Bishophill, an Anglo-Catholic parish in the City of York. The parish includes St Mary's Church and St Clement's Church. References External links David Efird's page at York The journal Mind 1974 births 2020 deaths People from Raleigh, North Carolina Duke University alumni Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Oxford Philosophers of language 21st-century English Anglican priests Philosophers of religion Academics of the University of York Christians from North Carolina American expatriates in the United Kingdom