thesis was on Anglican and Presbyterian clergymen of Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
from Westminster Theological Seminary, where his dissertation was entitled "The Abrahamic Covenant in the Gospels.
[4] Herter was ordained by Bishop Howard David Higgins to the diaconate on February 16, 1943, and to the presbyterate in the Reformed Episcopal Church on November 29, 1944.
He began his ordained ministry as rector of St. Matthew's REC in Havertown, where he spent 17 years.
He was elected presiding bishop of the REC in 1975 and served for four three-year terms.