Thomas Scott Preston

Thomas Scott Preston (23 July 1824 at Hartford, Connecticut – 4 November 1891 at New York City) was a Roman Catholic Vicar-General of New York, protonotary Apostolic, chancellor, author, preacher, and administrator Thomas Preston was born in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 July 1824.

[1] He studied at the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, located at Ninth Avenue and Twentieth Street, New York, where he was recognized as the leader of the High Church party.

[2] He now served for some time at St. Luke's, Hudson Street, New York,[3] hearing confessions and urging frequent Holy Communion.

Father Preston was assigned to duty at the old cathedral on Mott St.[2] In 1851 he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's in Yonkers with out-missions at Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown.

Despite opposition from prominent area residents, in late 1851 he purchased a piece of land on De Peyster Street on which St. Teresa’s Church now stands.