Canon Ell served as vicar of St. Paul’s in Hillsboro, Md, worked with a mission in Rising Sun, Md, and as chaplain at Camp Wright before moving to North Dakota in 1995. She served as Rector of St. Peter’s in Williston, ND and St. Michael’s and All Angels in Cartwright, Canon Missioner for the West Region (ND) as a ministry developer. She was chaplain and then Manager of the Spiritual Care/Chaplaincy Department and Mercy Medical Center in Williston for 13 years. In 2013 her family moved back to the East Coast where she was Director of Mission Integration at Bayleigh Chase, a continuum of care retirement community in Easton, MD for 7 years. She also was Pastor of St. Luke’s in Seaford, DE, a lay-administered congregation until 2025. For three years, Canon Marianne served on staff in the Mission support office in the Diocese of Delaware as Director of Discipleship and then as Canon for Strategic Mission until May of 2025 prior to coming to Christ Church.

Canon Ell was born in North Dakota, grew up in a missionary family in Brazil for 13 years, attended DePauw University, IN. She received her Master of Divinity degree from The Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX. In September of 2022 she completed her master’s in organizational leadership from Columbia Southern. She is delighted to be serving here at Christ Church in St. Michaels.