A native of the Fort Worth, Texas area, Father Charles Hough IV received a Masters of Divinity from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in spring 2007. He became curate at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Texas that spring and was ordained an Episcopal priest in
September 2007. Two years later, he was called to serve as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Texas.

Since that time, he has worked with adult religious education and RCIA at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller, Texas. He has successfully completed the formation process to be ordained a Catholic priest for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. On March 26, 2012, Mr. Hough received his rescript, or permission, from the Vatican, to be ordained as a Catholic deacon and then priest. The ordination took place in Fort Worth on June 30, 2012. He was installed as  rector of Our Lady of Walsingham parish in Houston, Texas on July 1 by Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson.

Rev. Hough has a special connection with Our Lady of Walsingham parish. In July 2009 Mr.
Hough brought several members from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to the Anglican Use Conference hosted by Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church. The group was impressed and inspired by the people of Our Lady of Walsingham, the liturgy in which they worshiped, and the overall ministry of the Anglican Use in the Catholic Church. Today, all of the St. Mark’s parishioners who participated in the conference are Catholic and coming into the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Mr. Hough is married. He and his wife, Lindsay, met while students at Texas A&M University and are blessed with two sons and another child on the way.