The Reverend Shelton Hale Bishop (1889–25 August 1962, aged 73[1][2]) was an Episcopal Priest who spent most of his career in New York City.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1911 and graduating from General Theological Seminary, he was ordained deacon in 1914.
In 1944, Father Bishop persuaded the parishioners of St. Philip's to convert a four-story parish house into a community center with recreational facilities.
Bishop realized that only the city could provide Harlem children with facilities at the scale needed to give them any alternatives aside from roaming the streets while their parents were out working.
Bishop tried to persuade Moses for ten years to build a playground in his neighborhood and advocated for the cause, at one point telling an audience, "The children have no place to go.