The Rev. Mario E. Milián is the Rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and Day School. He was ordained to the diaconate in 2000 and to the priesthood in 2001 and has served as Associate Rector and Rector at parishes in Arizona, California, and Florida.
Born in Cuba, he began his seminary studies in Matanzas, Cuba and pursued further theological study in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. After coming to the United States, he graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree with concentrations in Religious Studies, Small Business, and Electrical-Electronics Engineering Technology. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. Additionally, he completed a Master’s Degree in Ignatian Spirituality at the Pontifical Jesuit University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain, and he served in the United States Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps from 2013 to 2023.
Fr. Milián and his wife Julie, a Speech Language Pathologist, have been married for 27 years and have two children, Mario E. IV and Isabella Marie. Fr. Mario enjoys reading, cooking, jogging, and listening to music.
