Fr. Miguel a native of northern Mexico, raised in Glendale, Arizona, and attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Glendale with his family since he was 10 years old. He obtained a special preaching license from Bishop Kirk Smith at the age of 16 to help with the Hispanic community. He worked in all levels of service at St. Andrew’s before being asked to start a youth ministry.
After his time at St. Andrew’s, he joined a small church plant in Central Phoenix, helping mainly to recruit and train youth ministers, as well as holding various positions in the diocesan summer camp. In 2016, he took a leap of faith and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to become the youth minister at a church in West Baltimore. In 2018, he joined the discernment process for priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. He attended Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, during which time he met his wife and got married. He was ordained to the diaconate in March of 2021. In June, the Carmona’s moved to Dallas to work at a multicultural, multi-lingual church in Garland, Texas, serving a community with members ranging from Senegal, Nigeria, and Sierra Leon, to Honduras, Mexico, and all over Central and South America.
Fr. Miguel was ordained to the priesthood in October 2021. Earlier this year, they discerned a call back to the Pittsburgh area to be with family. They currently live in Aliquippa with their dog, Rosie.