The Very Reverend Michael Sniffen
Protestant Chaplain
p – 516.877.3114
e – msniffen@adelphi.edu
The Very Reverend Michael T. Sniffen is Dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY. Dean Sniffen was ordained in 2007 and has served parishes in New Jersey, Locust Valley and Brooklyn. He holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from W.V. Wesleyan College as well as M.Phil and M.Div. degrees from Drew University. He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation in the field of Homiletics.
Dean Sniffen has won awards in pulpit oratory and manner, as well as pastoral leadership and innovative ministry. He was a steward of the 2008 Lambeth Palace Conference of Bishops in London. He has been honored with a Luce Fellowship at the Center for Christianity in Global Contexts.
He currently serves as Vice-President of the Board of Camp DeWolfe and as a member of the Racial Justice Advisory Council of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. He is on the faculty of The Mercer School of Theology and has served as Adjunct Professor of Worship and Preaching at Drew Theological School.
Dean Sniffen has received numerous proclamations from the City of New York and Nassau County for the impact of his ministries on the public good. He has had a longstanding passion for ministry with young people, especially those in higher education and first career experiences. While Rector in Brooklyn, he organized a major disaster relief effort following Hurricane Sandy that gathered thousands of college students and neighborhood residents to help neighbors in need. The effort was nationally recognized by the Department of Homeland Security as one of the most effective grass-roots relief efforts in the history of the United States. He and his wife, Joanna, live in Garden City, NY with their two dogs Mille and Odette.
Reverend Michael Delaney
Protestant Chaplain
p – 516.877.3114
e – mdelaney1@adelphi.edu
The Rev Michael F. Delaney is the Canon Pastor at the Cathedral of the Incarnation and the Diocesan Liturgist in Garden City, NY. Previously he served as the Interim Dean of Trinity & St Philip’s Cathedral in Newark, NJ. From 2001 to 2012 Michael was the Rector of the Church of Saint Andrew on Staten Island. He also served in the diocese of Newark, New Jersey as the Director of Pastoral Care at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, as Priest-in-Charge of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Washington, NJ and as a chaplain at Hackensack University Medical Center. Fr. Michael was the first chaplain at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City and continues to be involved in the work of HIV/AIDS. He lives in Garden City, NY with his dog, Fred.