Background
Hester, Saint Clair was born on January 29, 1868 in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Son of Captain John Cason and Lucy Ann (Hamlet) Hester.
Hester, Saint Clair was born on January 29, 1868 in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Son of Captain John Cason and Lucy Ann (Hamlet) Hester.
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1888, Master of Arts, 1890, Doctor of Divinity, 1908. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1893. Studied Keble College, University of Oxford, England.
Deacon, 1893, priest, 1894, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, 1893-1895. Rector Saint George’s Church, Brooklyn, 1895-1898, Church of the Messiah, since 1898.
Archdeacon of North. Brooklyn, 1901-1911.
President standing committee Diocese of Long Island. Member corporation Diocesan Missions.
Member board Church Charity Foundation (vice president), Brooklyn Howard Colored Asylum. Trustee General Theological Seminary, Estate of Diocese of Long Island.
Chancellor Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, New New York
Member board of trustees General Theological Seminary. Member board directors New York Center of Dramatic League America.
Member corporation Diocesan Missions. Member board Church Charity Foundation (vice president), Brooklyn Howard Colored Asylum. Trustee General Theological Seminary, Estate of Diocese of Long Island.
Member board of trustees General Theological Seminary.
Member board directors New York Center of Dramatic League America.
Married Sarah Conselyea Baker, June 17, 1896 (died 1901).