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John Henry Hobart D.D. | |
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3rd Bishop of New York | |
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Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | New York |
Elected | February 27, 1816 |
In office | 1816–1830 |
Predecessor | Benjamin Moore |
Successor | Benjamin T. Onderdonk |
Previous post(s) | Assistant Bishop of New York (1811-1816) |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 5, 1801 (priest) by Samuel Provoost |
Consecration | May 29, 1811 by William White |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | September 12, 1830 Auburn, New York, United States | (aged 54)
Buried | Trinity Church Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Enoch Hobart & Hannah Pratt |
Spouse | Mary Goodwin Chandler |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (1790 - 1791) and College of New Jersey (1792 - 1796) |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | September 12 |
Venerated in | Episcopal Church |
John Henry Hobart (September 14, 1775 – September 12, 1830) was the third Episcopal bishop of New York (1816–1830). He vigorously promoted the extension of the Episcopal Church in upstate New York, as well as founded both the General Theological Seminary in New York City and Geneva College in Geneva in the Finger Lakes area (in 1852 renamed Hobart Free College after him and now operating as Hobart and William Smith Colleges). He was the beloved pastor of Elizabeth Seton before her conversion to Catholicism.