Reverend Lovejoy

Reverend Lovejoy
The Simpsons character
First appearance
Created byMatt Groening
Designed byMatt Groening
Voiced byHarry Shearer
In-universe information
Full nameTimothy Lovejoy Jr.
GenderMale
OccupationMinister of the First Church of Springfield
SpouseHelen Lovejoy (wife)
ChildrenJessica Lovejoy (daughter)
ReligionMainline Protestant Christianity

Reverend Timothy "Tim" Lovejoy, Jr.[1] is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head".

Rev. Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield—the Protestant (mostly Mainline) church in Springfield. Initially kind-hearted and ambitious, Lovejoy has become somewhat bitter and apathetic towards other people and religion because of Ned Flanders's chronic, over-the-top scrupulosity.

  1. ^ Groening 2010, p. 1165.