Brooklyn priest named as new dean of Episcopal Diocesan Cathedral
Fr. Sniffen Led Transformation of St. Luke-St. Matthew Church
A young priest who serves at now-famous St. Luke & St. Matthew Church in Clinton Hill has been named as the new dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, Long Island. The cathedral is the seat (or See) of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, which encompasses Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island, and Mr. George Tietjen, chair of the Dean Search Committee of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, announced the appointment of the Rev. Michael T. Sniffen, 34, as the cathedral’s next dean on Monday.
Since 2010, Sniffen has been the rector of The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Brooklyn. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2007, and currently serves as vice-president of the board of managers of Camp DeWolfe in Wading River. He’s also a member of the Racial Justice Advisory Council of the Brooklyn Community Foundation.
Fr. Sniffen told the Brooklyn Eagle this week that he succeeded Fr. Richard Brewer, who retired after serving as rector there for more than two decades.