Instruction began in Statesville, North Carolina in 1967 and the school was formally dedicated as Cranmer Seminary on September 19, 1971.
[1] Cranmer Seminary was officially incorporated in the state of North Carolina on September 3, 1975.
A vocational school for the ministry, the seminary provided denominationally-specific theological training and education for traditional Anglican clergy.
From 1999 to 2003, the seminary actively assisted training clergy of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, established an Internet presence and instituted open admission to the general public.
Many of the bishops and leaders of the Continuing Anglican movement are past students and graduates of St. Andrew’s.