Tory Baucum

Tory K. Baucum (born 1960) is a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. He is married to Elizabeth Tyndall Baucum and they have three daughters. In January 2020 he was appointed as the founding Director of the Benedictine Center for Family Life at Benedictine College, an apostolate of Benedictine Abbey. He was also appointed Research Professor of the Carter School of George Mason University where he collaborates with Rabbi Marc Gopin and Bishop Shannon Johnston in the Program of Spiritual Peace building.

Baucum attended the Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, where he received his MA in 1986 and his Master of Divinity in 1988. He was an associate professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, in Wilmore, Kentucky. He also received a PhD in intercultural theology while there.

He was appointed in January 2014 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as one of the Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral. He completed that five-year term on March 14, 2019. Archbishop Justin stated upon his appointment that he was expecting that it would help promote "reconciliation and unity" in the Anglican Communion.

Baucum served as Rector of Truro Anglican Church in Fairfax, Virginia from 2007 to 2020.

Baucum has written one book "Evangelical Hospitality" (2008) and numerous essays.