HOBART, John Henry, American Prot estant Episcopal bishop: b. Philadelphia, 14 Sept. 1775; d. Auburn, N. Y., 10 Sept. 1830. He was educated at the College of Philadel phia (now the Universityof Pennsylvania) and the College of New Jersey (now Prince ton), and after trying commercial life in his brother-ih-law's counting-house, went back to Princeton as a tutor for two years, and was ordained deacon in 1798 and priest in 1801. After brief periods of pastoral service in Penn sylvania, New Jersey and Long Island, he be came assistant in Trinity Parish, New York, where he remained until his elevation to the episcopate, combining with his other duties a prominent share in the legislative councils of the Church, as deputy to the General Conven tions of 1801 and 1804, and secretary to the House of Deputies in the latter year. In 1811 he was consecrated as bishop-coadjutor in the diocese of New York, and upon the death of Bishop Moore in 1816 succeeded him both in the full charge of the diocese and in the rectorship of Trinity Church. He also gave provisional
episcopal care at different times to New Jersey and Connecticut. He was very active in pro moting the establishment of the General The ological Seminary, and upon its location in New York became professor of pastoral theology. Hobart College also owed much to him, a debt recognized taking of his name, when, in 1852, the original title of Geneva College was changed to Hobart Free College. He wrote or edited a number of theological works, some of which, especially his (Companion for the Fes tivals and Fasts' (1805), reached several edi tions. His (Apology for Apostolic Order' (1802) is still used as a text