Editing General Theological Seminary (section)

==People==
{{Main|List of General Theological Seminary people}}
{{hatnote|See also: [[:Category:General Theological Seminary alumni]].}}

Because it has formed many of the church's clergy, GTS has maintained a considerable influence on the life of the church.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/09/30/100222620.pdf "Fosbroke to head General Seminary:  One of the most influential offices in the Protestant Episcopal Church in America"] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 5, 2011.</ref>

Notable former professors include [[J. Robert Wright]] the St. Mark's in the Bowery Professor of Ecclesiastical History and [[David Hurd]] the Professor of Church Music and Organist of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.<ref name="GTS Faculty">{{cite web |url=http://gts.edu/index.php?option=com_workforce&view=department&id=9&Itemid=108 |title=GTS Faculty |publisher=General Theological Seminary |access-date=November 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118133605/http://gts.edu/index.php?option=com_workforce&view=department&id=9&Itemid=108 |archive-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Notable alumni include:
*[[James Lloyd Breck]], a co-founder of [[Nashotah House]] and the founder of [[Seabury-Western Theological Seminary|Seabury Divinity School]]<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/jlbreck/letters/01.html "Project Canterbury: The Life of The Rev. James Lloyd Breck"] Anglican History. Retrieved August 5, 2011.</ref> 
*[[Jeannette Piccard]], one of the "[[Philadelphia Eleven]]" who were the first women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/19/obituaries/rev-jeannette-piccard-dies-at-86-scientist-entered-seminary-in-70.html "Rev. Jeannette Piccard dies at 86; Scientist Entered Seminary in '70"] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 5, 2011.</ref>
*[[Gene Robinson]], ninth [[Bishop of New Hampshire]] and first openly [[gay]] bishop in the Episcopal Church<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121029150828/http://www.nhepiscopal.org/images/stories/Biography___updated1.pdf "Diocese of New Hampshire Official Biography of Bishop Robinson"] Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Retrieved August 5, 2011.</ref>
*[[Frank Griswold|Frank T. Griswold]], 25th [[Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church]] from 1998 to 2006.<ref>[http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/pb25_1271_ENG_HTM.htm "Bishop Frank T. Griswold"] The Episcopal Church. Retrieved March 10, 2014.</ref>

Many [[List of General Theological Seminary people|other notable figures]], including a number of bishops, have graduated from the seminary.