Bexley Hall

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Philander Chase was the founder and first president of Bexley Hall and Kenyon College, and later became Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
Philander Chase was the founder and first president of Bexley Hall and Kenyon College, and later became Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
For other uses, see Bexley Hall (disambiguation).

Bexley Hall is a seminary in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.[1] It is one of 11 official seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and identifies itself as liberal Anglo-Catholic in orientation.[2]

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[edit] History

The 1st Lord Bexley was a former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer
The 1st Lord Bexley was a former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer

The seminary was established in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase in conjunction with the establishment of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Bexley Hall was later identified separately, and was named in honour of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, an early benefactor of Kenyon College.[3]

Bexley Hall disassociated with Kenyon in 1968 and moved from Gambier to Rochester, New York where it affiliated with Colgate Rochester Divinity School (which since became Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.) Although the seminary is no longer affiliated with Kenyon College, the 1839 seminary building in Gambier now houses fine art facilities for Kenyon, and is still known as Bexley Hall.[3]

In 1998, Bexley Hall re-established a campus in Ohio through a partnership with Trinity Lutheran Seminary of Columbus, Ohio, in a suburb coincidentally named Bexley. In February 2008, the dean announced the May closure of the Rochester campus, citing falling student numbers and more stringent accreditation requirements.[4]

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  1. ^ Bexley Hall contact retrieved on June 12, 2008
  2. ^ Introduction. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. “We are a seminary in the liberal Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism.”
  3. ^ a b Bexley and Coburn Halls at Kenyon College website. Retrieved on September 8, 2006. "For more than a century, this building was the home of the seminary known as Bexley Hall. Kenyon was founded in 1824 as both a college and a seminary, with the aim of training Episcopal clergy for America's western frontier."
  4. ^ Steve Waring. "Bexley Hall to Close Rochester Campus", The Living Church News Service, 2008-02-22. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. "The decision to close the Rochester campus was based in part on changing demographics, Dean Kevern told The Living Church. Another factor was the more stringent standards the Rochester campus would have to meet when its accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools came up for renewal in 2012." 
  5. ^ Bexley Hall Alumni. Retrieved on September 8, 2006.

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