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The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is located at 175 9th Avenue near 21st Street in the
Chelsea neighborhood of
Manhattan in
New York City. GTS is the oldest
seminary of the
Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the oldest existing seminary in the
Anglican Communion.
General information
The primary function of GTS is to prepare men and women for
ordination in the Episcopal Church, although there are many more programs for study including doctorate programs. In addition there are two centers located at General,
The Center for Christian Spirituality and
The Center for Jewish-Christian Studies and Relations. Future plans for expansion include the Archbishop Tutu Center and an Education Complex, named for
Desmond Tutu, retired Archbishop of the
Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
It has been accredited by the
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada since 1938.
History
In May of
1817 General Convention, the governing body of the Episcopal Church, met in New York City and passed two resolutions. One was to found a General Episcopal Seminary to be supported by the whole church, and the second that it be located in
New York City. Founders included
John Henry Hobart,
Theodore Dehon, and
William White.
Being located in New York City allowed for support by the parishioners of
Trinity Church. In
1821 Jacob Sherred left an endowment of $70,000 dollars to help with the seminary.
Clement Clarke Moore, a parishioner at nearby
St. Luke-in-the-Fields donated 66 tracts of land from his estate in Chelsea for the location of the Seminary. It wasn't until
1827 that the Seminary could occupy his land. Moore served as the seminary's first professor of Oriental Languages.
Bishop
John Henry Hobart served in the capacity of Dean presiding over the faculty. Following Hobart, the Bishop of New York served in this capacity until the 1850s. In 1878,
Eugene Augustus Hoffman was appointed Dean. Under his tenure, the seminary saw tremendous growth both in student body and facilities. Dean Hoffman's "grand design" modeled the Seminary's Chelsea campus on an
Oxford model, with Neo-Gothic buildings facing onto a central quadrangle. Architect
Charles C. Haight was charged with the revisioning of Chelsea Square. Perhaps Dean Hoffman's most influential addition to the seminary's campus is the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. Begun in 1886 and completed two years later, it's known as the "Jewel of Chelsea Square." Its set of 15 tubular bells is the oldest extant in the country and is played daily by members of the seminary's Guild of Chimers to call the community to worship.
Notable professors
Notable alumni
The Right Reverend J. Neil Alexander, Doctorate of Theology in 1993
9th Bishop of Atlanta (ECUSA)
The Right Reverend Arthur Coxe, Master of Divinity in 1841.
A former Assistant Bishop of Western New York (ECUSA)
The Right Reverend Robert Duncan, Master of Divinity in 1973.
Current Bishop of Pittsburgh (ECUSA)
The Right Reverend Campbell Gray, Bachelor of Divinity, 1904.
Late Bishop of Northern Indiana (ECUSA)
The Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold, Master of Divinity in 1962.
25th Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church, USA
His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews II, Theology in the 1930s
89th Catholicos of the East
The Right Reverend Gene Robinson, Master of Divinity in 1973.
9th Bishop of New Hampshire (ECUSA)
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky pioneer missionary to China, bishop of Shanghai, and founder of Saint John's University, Shanghai in 1879.
His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Master of Pastoral Theology in 1960.
Current Patriarch of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Church
Marc Nikkel
Former New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey has been accepted to the Full Time Non-Degree program for Fall 2007.Further Information
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