[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING REVEREND CANON RICHARD LIVINGSTON MARQUESS-BARRY

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                        HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 13, 2026

  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
honor Reverend Canon Richard Livingston Marquess-Barry for his 
distinguished service in Miami Dade County.
  Reverend Canon Richard Livingston Marquess-Barry is the Rector of the 
historic Saint Agnes' Episcopal Church. He has served as a priest for 
over 40 years and has served as Saint Agnes' Episcopal Church's leader 
since 1977. Since taking leadership of the Church, Canon Marquess-Barry 
has piloted many community service initiatives. Reverend Canon Richard 
Livingston Marquess-Barry along with the Church formed the Saint Agnes' 
Rainbow Village Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that 
serves low-income families in the Overton community.
  Canon Marquess-Barry is not only a community activist, he is a 
renowned scholar as well. Canon Marquess-Barry has served as a Visiting 
Fellow at both Oxford University and the University of Munich. He was 
also awarded a Doctor Humane Letters degree in 1995 by Barber-Scotia 
College.
  Canon Marquess-Barry was born and raised in Miami Dade County. After 
graduating from Miami Northwestern Senior High School in 1958, Canon 
Marquess-Barry chose to pursue higher learning at Saint Augustine's 
College, American University, Virginia Theological Seminary, and Emory 
University. Reverend Canon Richard Livingston Marquess-Barry is an 
ordained priest of the Episcopal Church and is invested as an Honorary 
Canon at the African Orthodox Church and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. 
Together with his wife Virla Rolle, Canon Marquess-Barry is the parent 
of one daughter and grandparent of two grandsons.
  Please join me in honoring Reverend Canon Richard Livingston 
Marquess-Barry for his commitment and many years of distinguished 
spiritual service to Miami Dade County.

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