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James A. Kowalski〔Louie Crew, ed., ''101 reasons to be Episcopalian'', p. 85, ISBN 978-0-8192-1925-1, see (Google books ). Accessed September 17, 2009.〕 is the 9th and current dean of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York of the Episcopal Church in New York City,〔Kowalski is described as a "prominent resident of New York City" see (NY Beyond Sight website with audio link ). Accessed September 17, 2009.〕 the largest city in the United States.〔Daniel J. Wakin, "St. John the Divine Chooses a Dean from Connecticut," ''The New York Times'', November 17, 2001.〕〔(Official biography on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine website ). Accessed September 17, 2009.〕 He has been dean since April 13, 2002.〔Neva Rae Fox, "Episcopalians: Dean installed at Cathedral of St. John," ''Episcopal News service'' (ENS), April 16, 2002, found at (Worldwide Faith News archives ). Accessed September 17, 2009.〕 Kowalski's father was Roman Catholic and his mother was Jewish, but they joined the Episcopal Church when they started a family.〔〔 His father was "a blue collar worker, () served on the vestry...."〔 Kowalski was born on September 11, 1951 in Willimantic, Connecticut,〔 also described as a "blue collar town".〔 ==Early life and work== As a boy, Kowalski sang in a choir, served as an acolyte, and was an Eagle Scout in a boy scout troop.〔 Kowalski earned a bachelor's degree in English, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and was elected to ''Phi Beta Kappa'', a notable honors society.〔 He attended Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, after a hiatus at New York University School of Law, he returned to theology studies in 1976 and graduated in 1978 with a master's degree in divinity.〔 In the meantime, in 1976, he married Anne Brewer, a medical doctor who has also been an ordained Episcopal priest since 1980.〔〔 They have two grown children.〔 In 1978, Kowalski was ordained as a deacon.〔 He served for a time as a chaplain at the University of Vermont and was curate at Trinity Church in Newtown, Connecticut.〔 After ordination to the priesthood, he served as priest at the Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House in Hartford, Connecticut from 1982 to 1993.〔〔 He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Hartford Seminary.〔 Kowalski served as rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Darien, Connecticut from 1993 to 2001,〔 for nine years at one of the largest Episcopal churches in the United States,〔 with 4,000 members.〔 He raised a capital campaign of $2.8 million and increased giving by $450,000 annually to St. Luke's parish.〔 Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James A. Kowalski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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