People
Because it has formed many of the church's clergy, GTS has maintained a considerable influence on the life of the church.
Current notable professors include J. Robert Wright the St. Mark's in the Bowery Professor of Ecclesiastical History and David Hurd the Professor of Church Music and Organist of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
Notable alumni include:
- The Rev. James Lloyd Breck, a co-founder of Nashotah House and the founder of Seabury Divinity School
- The Rev. Jeannette Piccard, one of the "Philadelphia Eleven" who were the first women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church
- The Rt. Reverend Gene Robinson, 9th Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire and first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church
Many other notable figures, including a number of bishops, have graduated from the seminary.
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—Robertson Davies (b. 1913)
“You know what the Englishman’s idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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