Background
Hayden, John Carleton was born on December 30, 1933 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Otis Roosevelt and Gladys (Gatewood) Hayden.
Hayden, John Carleton was born on December 30, 1933 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Otis Roosevelt and Gladys (Gatewood) Hayden.
Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1955. Master of Arts, University Detroit, 1962. LTh with honors, College Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1963.
Master of Divinity, College Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, Howard University, 1972.
Teacher, St. Mary's School for Indian Girls, Springfield, South Dakot, 1955-1956;
teacher, Detroit Public Schools, 1956-1959;
instructor, St. Chad's Secondary School, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1962-1964;
Anglican chaplain, U. Saskatchewan, Regina, 1963-1967;
instructor history, U. Saskatchewan, Regina, 1965-1968;
assistant professor of history, Howard U., Washington, 1972-1978;
scholar in church history, Howard U., 1978-1979;
department chairman history, Morgan State University, Baltimore, 1979-1986;
professor of history, Frostburg (Maryland.) State University, 1986-1987;
associate dean, School Theology, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1987-1992;
lecturer church history, Howard U., since 1992;
priest-in-charge, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Adelphi, Maryland., 1992-1994;
instructor history, Montgomery Community College, 1992-1994;
Episcopal chaplain, Howard U., Washington, since 1994. Reader General Ordination Examinations, 1990-1992, Evangelical Education Society, since 1987, director. Associate priest All Saints Chapel, Sewanee, 1987-1992.
Priest assoc.sisterhood St. John the Divine, Toronto, since 1978. Rector Holy Comforter Church, Washington, 1982-1986. Coordinator, consultant steering committee Afro-AnglicanConf., 1992-1995.
Confrater St. Gregory's Abbey, since 1954. Associate Sistersof St. Mary, Sewanee Province, since 1992.
Board directors Washington Urban League, 1983—1987. Life member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Urban League. President Saskatchewan Association for Retarded Children, Regina, 1966—1968.
Member program committee Kanuga Conference Center, 1989—1994, member diveristy committee, since 1994, chair diversity committee, since 2000, board advisors, 1994—2000, board directors, since 2000. Member board advisors St. Andrew's/Sewanee School, 1990—1999. Trustee Washington Episcopal School, 1992—2003, advisor, since 2003.
Member Alexander Crummell School Working Group, 2002—2004. President Ivy City Community Development Corporation, since 2004. Convenor, steering committee Episcopalian Council on Global Mission, 1989—1990.
President Afro-Anglican Clergy of the Diocese of Washington, 2003—2005. Member Union Black Episcopalians (life, trainer, parliamentarian).
Married Jacqueline Green, April 8, 1972. Children: Jonathan Christopher Janani, Johanna Christina Jamila.