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Archpriest Chad Hatfield is the first chancellor of St Vladimir’s Seminary. The SVS Board of Trustees, during the most recent dean’s search, saw the need for a revision of the seminary’s governance model. Fr Chad came to SVS from St Herman Seminary in Alaska where he was serving as the dean.
As chancellor he works closely with Archpriest John Behr, the dean, and the Executive Chair of the SVS Board, Anne Glynn-Mackoul. Together they use a unique conciliar design to engage the seminary faculty and staff in serving the needs of everyone in the seminary community and the wider Orthodox Church. His experience in various pastoral, teaching and administrative roles, spread over some 30 years of ordained ministry, are now blended into the chancellor’s ministry at SVS.
His wife, Matushka Thekla, is excited to be part of SVS seminary life where she continues to develop her interests in iconography and Byzantine music. Together they are the parents of Jason, who is married to Kasey, and who are the parents of Ryan, Morgan and Braedon Richard. They live in Austin, Texas where Jason is a physician. Sean is the youngest Hatfield son and he is a student at Valparaiso Law School in Indiana.
Fr Chad was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood by His Grace, Bishop Basil of Wichita.
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Chancellor (CEO)
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- 1975 Southwestern College. Bachelor of Arts, History & Secondary Education
- 1978 Nashotah House Seminary Master of Divinity
- 1988 Nashotah House Seminary Master of Sacred Theology (STM). Thesis: “Baptism, Chrismation, Eucharist: Christian Initiation, A Recovery of the Primitive Pattern”.
- 2001 Doctor of Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Thesis: “An Examination of the Pastoral Rites for Ministry to the Sick as Found in the Orthodox Christian Euchologia”.
- The Fund Raising School, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University:
2003 Principles and Techniques of Fundraising
2004 Developing Major Gifts
2005 Preparing Successful Grant Proposals
2008 Purposeful Boards, Powerful Fundraising
Current Positions
- 2007 Chancellor and CEO of St Vladimir's Seminary
- 2005 Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Christian Bioethics.
- 2005 Member, OCA Board of Theological Education.
- 2003 Vice-President of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center.
- 2008 Ex-officio member of the St Herman Seminary Board.
Past Positions
- 16 years of ministry in the Episcopal Church as parish priest, school chaplain, missionary in South Africa and as cathedral dean.
- 1994-2002 Founding Pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church, Salina, Kansas.
- 1995-2002 OCF Spiritual Advisor for Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
- 1995 – Present - Board Member of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, St. Augustine, Florida.
- 1996-1998 – Book Review Editor, The Word magazine.
- 1996-2000 – SW Region Antiochian Archdiocese FORUM Spiritual Advisor.
- 1997 Religion Instructor, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas.
- 1999 – 2002 – Priest-in-charge, St. Mary Magdalene Mission, Manhattan, Kansas.
- 2000 – 2001 – SW Region Antiochian Women Spirtual Advisor
- 2001 & 2004 – OCMC Team Leader to Guatemala.
- 2002 – 2007 – Member, Department of Evangelism OCA.
- 2006 – 2007 – Co-Chair, OCA Department of Evangelism.
- 2002-2007 – Dean of St. Herman’s Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska.
- 2003 – 2007 – Dean of the Kodiak Deanery, Diocese of Alaska.
- 2003 – 2007 – Member, Diocesan Council, Diocese of Alaska.
- 2005-2007 – Member of the Kodiak College Advisory Council.
Articles and Presentations
- We Stand at the Door and Knock - Again magazine, Vol. 17 No 4, December 1994.
- One Step Too Far: Facing up to the Collapse of Liberal Christianity - Again magazine, Vol. 19 No. 3, September/October 1996.
- Anglican Options: Rome or Constantinople?
- From Alaska to Guatemala – OCMC Mission Magazine, Vol. 20, No 2, Fall 2004.
- From Masks to Icons – Presented for the Center for Ethics and Religion, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, September 2004.
- Seminarians and Substance Abuse Training – Presented at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, New York, September 2005.
- Why Would an Episcopalian Want to Become Orthodox? – Orthodox TV and Orthodox Christian Sermons, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Sin, Sickness and Salvation – Christian Bioethics, Vol. 12, No. 2, August 2006.
- St. Tikhon and Bp. Charles Chapman Grafton - St. Tikhon's Commemoration Series, St. Tikhon's Seminary, 2007
- Models for American Orthodox Missiology, Orthodox Education Day SVS, 2008
Podcasts and Archived Interviews
- Orthodox Christian Cassettes, Springdale, Arkansas, 1995 & 1998.
- Ancient Faith Radio, Chesterton, Indiana, 2005 & 2007.
- OCN – Come Receive the Light, Florida, 2005 & 2008.
- Voices From St. Vladimir’s Seminary – Ancient Faith Radio, weekly podcast, 2008.
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