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Clergy Timeline*
Johannes Campanius |
(1646-1648) |
Dedicated the original church at Tinicum |
Lars C. Lock |
(1648-1677) |
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Jacob Fabritius |
(1677-1691) |
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Andreas (Andrew) Rudman |
(1697-1702) |
Built Gloria Dei Church and buried on Church grounds |
Andrew Sandel |
(1702-1719) |
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Jonas Lidman |
(1719-1730) |
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Johan Eneberg |
(1730-1733) |
Placed the baptismal font in Gloria Dei (1731) |
Gabriel Falk |
(1733) |
Deposed |
John Dylander |
(1737-1741) |
Buried in Gloria Dei Church; preached in German |
Gabriel Nasman |
(1743-1750) |
Controversy over Moravians & German |
Olof Parlin |
(1750-1757) |
Buried in Gloria Dei Church |
Dr. Carl Magnus Wrangel |
(1759-1768) |
Powerful & popular speaker; attracted large crowds |
Anders Goransson |
(1768-1779) |
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Matthias Hultgren |
(1780-1786) |
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Nicholas (Nils) Collin |
(1786-1831) |
Friend of Ben Franklin, lightening rod system installed in church building |
Jehu Curtis Clay |
(1831-1863) |
First Episcopal rector of Gloria Dei; parsonage and Sunday School building built; organ purchased |
John W. Leadenham |
(1863-1865) |
Parish hall constructed |
J. Sanders Reed |
(1865-1868) |
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Snyder Binns Simes |
(1868-1915) |
Ushered in the glory days of Gloria Dei; Hook and Hastings organ installed |
Percy R. Stockman |
(1916-1922) |
Later director of the Seamen's Church Institute |
Addison E. Ewing |
(1922-1927) |
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John Lowry Hady |
(1927-1933) |
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John Craig Roak |
(1933-1972) |
Largely responsible for Gloria Dei's designation as a National Historic Site in 1942; revived the traditional Lucia Fest; Roak House built |
David Buchanan Rivers |
(1972 - 2004) |
Hook and Hastings organ and church building restored and parish hall kitchen renovated. Parish hall was renamed to "Riverside Hall" in honor of him. |
D. Joy Segal |
(2006 - 2017) |
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Patricia Cashman |
(2018 - |
Current Rector |
*Lay readers maintained worship at Gloria Dei until Rudman arrived from Sweden
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