Jane Tully
May 4, 1946 – July 14, 2022
With great sadness and deep hope in the resurrection, we write to share that, after a long illness, Jane Tully died on Thursday, July 14 in Santa Barbara, CA. The wife of the Reverend Bill Tully, the 11th Rector of St. Bart’s, Jane was an integral part of this parish’s life from 1994 to 2012.
Jane was particularly instrumental in ensuring that the Radical Welcome of St. Bart’s fully embraced gay and lesbian people. She advocated for the gay and lesbian community beyond the parish as well, cofounding the organization Clergy Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (CFLAG). In 2005, she was the only layperson invited to address the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham, England as the Anglican Communion struggled to respond to the consecration of the Right Reverend Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. On the Sunday following her address, Bill told the parish about his wife’s brave witness. “These days she is teaching me more about Jesus,” he said, “than I am teaching her.”
Jane is survived by Bill, her two sons (Jonah and Adam), her brother (Jim), her sister (Lucia), and Adam’s wife Sol. A graveside burial service will take place in Santa Barbara on Wednesday, July 20.
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May Jane and all of God’s Beloved rest in peace and rise in glory.
The Clergy of St. Bart’s
The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, Rector
The Reverend Peter D. Thompson, Vicar
The Reverend Zack Nyein, Senior Associate Rector
The Reverend Meredith E. Ward, Associate Rector for Pastoral Care
The Reverend Canon Andrew J.W. Mullins, Assistant Rector
The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, Assisting Priest
The Reverend John F. Wirenius, Deacon