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William Henry Vibbert (October 1, 1839 – A … William Henry Vibbert (October 1, 1839 – August 27, 1918) was a prominent American Hebraist and priest of the Episcopal Church. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, Trinity College, Hartford (1862, ΔΨ and ΦΒΚ) and Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown, Connecticut. Following ordination to the priesthood by Bishop John Williams in 1863, he was Professor of Hebrew at Berkeley Divinity School, and rector of Christ Church, Middle Haddam, Connecticut 1863-1873; rector of St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Philadelphia (1873-1883); rector of St. James' Church, Chicago, (1883-1890); rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia (1890-1891); and vicar of Trinity Chapel, Wall Street, New York (1891-1910, emeritus 1910-1918). He was a deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1883, 1886, and 1889. He received the S.T.D. from Racine College in 1883. At St. James', Chicago, Vibbert assisted in the 1883 foundation of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew for laymen. Although an associate of ritualist leader James DeKoven, Vibbert was generally considered an exponent of "Connecticut Churchmanship," a variety of High Church doctrine and practice from before the Tractarian Movement as expounded in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. He married Julia Newbold Welsh (1845-1887) and the couple had two sons. He is buried in the churchyard at St. Luke's, Germantown. the churchyard at St. Luke's, Germantown.
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William Henry Vibbert (October 1, 1839 – A … William Henry Vibbert (October 1, 1839 – August 27, 1918) was a prominent American Hebraist and priest of the Episcopal Church. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, Trinity College, Hartford (1862, ΔΨ and ΦΒΚ) and Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown, Connecticut. Following ordination to the priesthood by Bishop John Williams in 1863, he was Professor of Hebrew at Berkeley Divinity School, and rector of Christ Church, Middle Haddam, Connecticut 1863-1873; rector of St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Philadelphia (1873-1883); rector of St. James' Church, Chicago, (1883-1890); rector of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia (1890-1891); and vicar of Trinity Chapel, Wall Street, New York (1891-1910, emeritus 1910-1918). He was a deputy to0, emeritus 1910-1918). He was a deputy to
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