Hutchens Chew Bishop

The Reverend Dr. Hutchens Chew (H.C.) Bishop (1859[1] – May 17, 1937[3]) was an Episcopal priest who spent most of his career in New York City.

Historian William M. Welty comments that Bishop was a city boy, raised in an urban environment.

[1] He married Estelle Gilliam of New York, a member of one of the most socially prominent black families, and of the St. Philip's congregation, in 1885.

[6] In 1910, Bishop worked with prominent Harlem businessman John Nail to purchase real estate for St. Philip's.

[7][4] The state's first Black registered architect, Vertner Woodson Tandy, was commissioned by Bishop to design the new church building.