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Clergy Who Have Served

Name (Birth-Death), (Seminary), Tenure at St. Paul's

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  • Johannes Christopher Hartwick [or Hartwig] (January 6, 1714-July 17, 1796), (Halle University), 1746-1758.

  • Johannes Fredrick Ries (1722-1791), March 7, 1760-January 5, 1783.

  • George Heinrich Pfeiffer (c.1747-October 26, 1827), May 17, 1784-1794.

  • Johann Friedrich Ernst, 1794-1798.

  • Frederick Henry Quitman, D.D. (August 7, 1760 - June 26, 1832), February 18, 1798-August 23, 1825 (Halle University, Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard University, 1811).

  • William J. Eyer, September 1825- September 1837.

  • Augustus Theodosius Geissenhainer (July 11, 1814-March 3, 1882), June 8, 1838-1840.

  • Charles Adam Smith, D.D., (June 25, 1809 – February 15, 1879), (Hartwick Seminary, 1830), 1840-1850.

  • William Nace Scholl, D.D., (September 9, 1805-June 12, 1889), (Gettysburg Seminary, 1833), 1850-1855.

  • George Neff, D.D. (December 23, 1813-August 6, 1900), (Gettysburg Seminary, 1842), July 1855-July 1876.

  • Joseph G. Griffith, D.D. (February 11, 1839- December 11, 1907), (Gettysburg Seminary, 1867), September 1, 1876 -March 1, 1881.

  • John L. Kling, (July 1, 1838-February 2, 1923), (Hartwick Seminary, 1865), September 1, 1881-June 1, 1887.

  • George William Fortney (December 27, 1845-August 30, 1909), January 1, 1888- May 26, 1895; (Gettysburg Seminary, 1873).

  • Chauncey W. Diefendorf (1839-November 19, 1909), (Hartwick Seminary, c. 1862, and Selinsgrove University in Pennsylvania, ordained in 1871), September 1, 1895-December 1, 1898.

  • Roscoe C. Wright, D.D., (Gettysburg College, Hartwick Seminary, c.1899), April 1, 1899-September 1, 1907.

  • John L. Kling, (July 1, 1838-February 2, 1923), (Hartwick Seminary, 1865), recalled February 1, 1908- December 1, 1913.

  • William Gibson Boomhower, D.D. (January 15, 1891-1974), (Hartwick Seminary, 1914), July 5, 1914- July 1, 1916.

  • Oscar B. Noran, (Hartwick Seminary), July 1917-March 30, 1919.

  • E. L. Davison, (Hartwick Seminary, 1913), July 20, 1919- November 30, 1924.

  • Elder Jay Himes, (1888-December 29, 1950), (Theological School at Susquehanna University), May 10, 1924-September 15, 1946.

  • Carl E. Rosomer, September 1, 1947-1949.

  • Herbert Finch (February 18, 1877-?), October 3, 1949-1954; (Gettysburg College, 1894, Gettysburg Seminary, 1902).

  • John L. de Papp, 1955-1958.

  • Rolf W. Eschke, (Gettysburg Seminary) 1959-1962.

  • Frederick Charles Dunn (1924-1984), 1963-1967; (Wagner College, 1959, Philadelphia Seminary, 1963).

  • William Howard Beck, D.Min. (December 30, 1940-), 1968-1970; (Lutheran Theological Seminary-Gettysburg, M.Div., 1966; D.Min., Lancaster Theological Seminary, 1975).

  • Sylvester Bader, 1970-1977; (Lutheran Theological Seminary-Philadelphia, 1938).

  • Daniel M. Strobel, 1978-1984; (Lutheran Theological Seminary-Gettysburg, 1978).

  • Richard Mowry, 1984-1996; (Lutheran Theological Seminary-Philadelphia, 1968).

  • Mark D. Isaacs, M.Div.; S.T.M.; D.Min. (September 16, 1955- ) June 29, 1996-present;  (Lutheran Theological Seminary-Gettysburg, M.Div., 1992), S.T.M., 2005; Lutheran Theological Seminary-Philadelphia, D.Min., 2007).

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