Long-time spiritual leader in region dies

Rustin R. Kimsey

Rustin “Rusty” Kimsey, retired Episcopalian priest and bishop and lifelong promoter of tolerance and social justice, died at home in The Dalles April 10 after a short illness. He was 79.

He was a priest at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in The Dalles from 1971 until he was named Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Oregon in 1980, and moved its offices from Bend to The Dalles.