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LCDR Bernard Anthony Bezy
Chaplain of D7 Sectors Charleston & Jacksonville
My primary goal in this setting (my calling) is to meet people where they are and seek to remind them of God’s concern and presence; to encourage them in their own understanding and journey from a spiritual perspective.
Who I am:
- Husband & Father
- Ordained Episcopal Church USA Since 1995
- Navy Chaplain for over 10 years
- Chaplain for 8 years in the civilian sector in Kentucky
- Pastored in local churches 5 years in Indiana and Kentucky
- MDIV Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky
- BS Business Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana
- Association of Professional Chaplains, Board Certified
What I Provide:
- Pastoral Care and facilitating for the faith needs of all
- Support to couples marriage and pre-marriage
- Ministerial consulting to commands in my region
- Offering support and pastoral leadership to persons as they experience significant Rites of Passage, i.e. Weddings, Funerals, Prayers for significant occasions in their lives, etc.
- Liaison with agencies in the community
How to contact me:
- email: bernard.a.bezy@uscg.mil
- Phone: 843-740-7099
- USCG, Sector Charleston, 196 Tradd Street, Charleston, SC 29401
LCDR Bernard Anthony Bezy's BIO
Chaplain (Tony) Bezy has been serving as the Chaplain of D7 Sectors Charleston & Jacksonville since Jan 2009. Before reporting to his current duties, he provided pastoral ministry to Mine Countermeasures Squadron TWO at NAVSTA Ingleside, TX from Feb 2007 to Dec 2008. As the RON TWO Command Chaplain he supervised a junior chaplain and religious program specialist, who collectively provided pastoral support for well over 2000 military members and their families. Immediately preceding his duties in South Texas he served as the Division Officer for Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Pastoral Care Department from June 2004 to Dec 2006. He supervised two Religious Program Specialists and managed the office of five for the command chaplain. Before reporting aboard naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Chaplain Bezy was assigned to the Second Marine Division in Jan 2002 until May 2004. During his tenure at Division he served as the Chaplain for 5th Battalion, 10th Marines before deploying with the 2nd Tank Battalion in early Feb 2003. This involved deploying with 1000 men to Kuwait and eventually to Iraq, arriving in Baghdad in Apr 2003.
Prior to the 2nd Marine Division, in Dec 1998 he arrived at his first duty station, Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, where he served as a staff chaplain and eventually as the Division Officer at the Caribbean Crossroads Chapel. During this tour, from Feb 1999 to Sep 2000 he provided ministry to the sailors on the island of Vieques. Vieques is seven miles off the coast of the main naval installation and became a hot spot after the Apr 1999 accidental bombing of an observation post, which was adjacent to the target area.
Chaplain Bezy received his Commission in the United States Navy in October 1998. Prior to his commission: served at churches in 1988-1989 (Indiana) and 1995-1998 (Kentucky); was a full-time staff chaplain for four years at a large tertiary care hospital in Lexington Kentucky (1991-1994); and subsequently a full-time staff chaplain at a large central Kentucky hospice four additional years (1994-1998).
Board certified in May 1995, Association of Professional
Chaplains.
Ordained to the deaconate Dec 1995, Diocese of Lexington-Episcopal Church.
Ordained to the priesthood Jun 1997, Diocese of Lexington-Episcopal Church.
Married in Aug 1986 to the former Jennifer Lynn Bigler of
New Albany Indiana.
Jennifer is a school nurse in Berkeley County South Carolina. Tony and
Jennifer have three boys; Samuel, William, and Jonathan.
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