Chad Hatfield

Fr. Chad Hatfield was ordained to the diaconate (January 5, 1994) and the priesthood (January 6, 1994) by Bishop Basil of Wichita (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America). Between 2002 and 2007 he served with great distinction as the Dean of St. Herman Seminary in Alaska. On November 18, 2006 he was elected as Chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary and began his term on September 8, 2007. After serving a decade as Chancellor, on May 25, 2016, The Very Rev. Dr. Chad was appointed as Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary.[2]After a few months, on November 30, 2016 Fr Chad was appointed as President of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary. By unanimous vote, the SVS Board of Trustees gave Fr Chad a five-year appointment beginning July 1st, 2019.

His wife, Matushka Thekla, is an integral part of seminary life where she is the Coordinator for the St. Juliana Society. An iconographer and graphic designer, she is currently finishing her certification as a botanical illustrator. They are the parents of Jason, who is married to Kasey, and who are the parents of Ryan, Morgan, and Braeden Richard. They live in Austin, Texas where Jason is a physician. Sean is the youngest Hatfield son, married to Maggie, and the couple lives in Wichita, Kansas, where Sean is a State District Judge..

• 1975 - B.A., Southwestern College
• 1978 - M.Div., Nashotah House
• 1988 - S.T.M., Nashotah House. Thesis: “Baptism, Chrismation, Eucharist: Christian Initiation, A Recovery of the Primitive Pattern”.
• 2001 - D.Min., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Thesis: “An Examination of the Pastoral Rites for Ministry to the Sick as Found in the Orthodox Christian Euchologia”.
• 2015 - Certificate in Fund Raising Management from Indiana University School of Philanthropy, 2015

• 1978-1993 – 16 years of ministry in the Episcopal Church as parish priest, school chaplain, missionary in South Africa and as cathedral dean
• 1994-2002 – Founding Pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church, Salina, Kansas
• 1999-2002 – Priest-in-charge, St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Mission, Manhattan, Kansas

• November 2016 - President of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
• Member, Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL) Advisory Council, 2018 to present
• Member, Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative (OCLI) Board of Directors, 2018 to present
• Member, Advisory Council for International Orthodox Theological Association, 2018 to present
• 2016 - Member of the Senate of Instituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Guatemala
• 2010 - SVS Press Advisory Council
• 2009 - Board Member, Mission Institute of Orthodox Christianity
• 2005 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Christian Bioethics
• 2005 - Member, OCA Board of Theological Education

• 1995-2002 – OCF Spiritual Advisor for Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
• 1995-2008 – Board Member of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, St. Augustine, Florida
• 1996-1998 – Book Review Editor, The Word magazine
• 1996-2000 – SW Region Antiochian Archdiocese FORUM Spiritual Advisor
• 1997-1999 – Religion Instructor, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas
• 2000-2001 – SW Region Antiochian Women Spiritual Advisor
• 2001 & 2004 – OCMC Team Leader to Guatemala
• 2002-2007 – Member, Department of Evangelism OCA
• 2006-2007 – Co-Chair, OCA Department of Evangelism
• 2002-2007 – Dean of St. Herman’s Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska
• 2003-2007 – Dean of the Kodiak Deanery, Diocese of Alaska
• 2003-2007 – Member, Diocesan Council, Diocese of Alaska
• 2005-2007 – Member of the Kodiak College Advisory Council
• 2003-2008 – Vice-President of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center
• 2007-2016 – Chancellor and CEO of St Vladimir's Seminary
• 2009 - 2016 Advisor, Council for First Things
• 2011 - 2017 Metropolitan Council At-Large Member - Chair of Internal Governance Committee
• May–November 2016 – Chief Executive Officer of St Vladimir's Seminary

Although Fr Chad’s activity focuses on administrative work, he is also editor of the Orthodox Christian Profiles and the Mission and Evangelism Series, and author of several publications. The goal of the Orthodox Christian Profiles Series is to acquaint the reader on an intimate level with Orthodox Figures that have shaped the directions of the Orthodox Church in areas of mission, ascetical and liturgical theology, scholarly and pastoral endeavors, and various other professional disciplines. The People featured in the series are mostly our contemporaries and most remain active in shaping the life of the Church today. A few will have fallen asleep in the Lord, but their influence remains strong and worthy of historical record. The mission this series is to introduce inspirational Orthodox Christian leaders in various ministries and callings that build up the Body of Christ.

The Orthodox Christian Profiles Series includes eleven volumes:

• Reflections on a Spiritual Journey
• Seven Days on the Roads of France
• Antony Bashir: Metropolitan and Missionary
• Turning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith
• My Life's Journey: The Memoirs of Metropolitan Evlogy (2 Vol. Set)
• The Ways of Childhood
• Patriarch Kirill In His Own Words
• Metaphysics as a Personal Adventure: Christos Yannaras in Conversation with Norman Russell
• Exodus: St John Maximovitch Leads His Flock out of Shanghai

The Mission and Evangelism Series includes the following volumes:

• Into All the World: An Orthodox Theology of Mission
• One Flew Over The Onion Dome

• "Why our Conscience Belongs to God, not the State", in Life, Marriage and Religious Liberty, Fidelis, 2019
• "Lessons Learned from the North American Saints" in Almanahul Credinta, 2019
• ”Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann and Secularism: A Prophecy”, Ancient Faith Radio, 2019
• "Resurrection and the Faith of Children" in Holy Week: A Series of Meditations, SVS Press, 2018
• "Baptism and the Great Commission" in Holy Week: A Series of Meditations, SVS Press, 2018
• Lessons from Contemporary Orthodox Missiology, Romanian Youth Worker Symposium at Fordham University, 16 April 2016
• Anglicanism & Orthodoxy in the age of the “New Ecumenism”, Forward in Christ, Vol. 7, No 6, October 2015
• Lazarus Saturday, Resurrection and the Faith of Children, SVS Paschal Booklet, 2013
• Series Editor of the Profiles in Orthodoxy series with SVS Press, 2011 to Present
• “Evangelism”, The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, ed. by John Anthony McGuckin, Willey-Blackwell, 2011
• Holy Saturday; Baptism and the Great Commission, SVS Paschal Booklet, 2011
• Voices from St. Vladimir’s, Ancient Faith Radio Podcasts, 2008-present
• Sin, Sickness and Salvation, Christian Bioethics, Vol. 12, No 2, August 2006.
• From Alaska to Guatemala, OCMC Magazine, Vol. 20, No 2, Fall 2004
• Anglican Options: Rome or Constantinople, Anglo-Orthodox Pilgrimage  3:1
• On Step Too Far: Facing up to the Collapse of Liberal Christianity, Again, Vol. 19, No 3, September/October, 1996
• We Stand at the Door and Knock, Again, Vol. 17 No 4, December 1994
• Book Review Editor, The Word, 1996-98
• Book Review Editor, The Evangelical Catholic, 1988-93
• Editor, The Scepter a South African Theological Quarterly, 1982-85

• From Masks to Icons – Center for Ethics and Religion, University of Notre Dame, 2004
• Seminarians and Substance Abuse Training – National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, 2005
• Models for American Orthodox Missiology, Orthodox Education Day, SVS, 2007
• Banquet Keynote – Dedication of the new OCMC Center, FL, 2009
• Speaker at “Europe & the Judeo-Christian Tradition”, Vienna, Austria, 2010
• Bishop Grafton & St. Tikhon, Fellowship of Ss. Alban & Sergius Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Glorification of St. Tikhon, Nashotah House
• Speaker, National Religious Freedom Conference, Washington, D.C., 2012
• Guest Lecturer in Missiology, Kiev Academy, Ukraine, 2013
• Anglican/Orthodox Dialogue, Annual Kuhner, Reformed Episcopal Seminary, Blue Bell, Pa, 2014
• Orthodoxy & The Seventh Ecumenical Council, Anglo-Catholic Congress, Fort Worth, TX, 2015
• Marriage & Theosis, World Congress of Families, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015
• Legacy of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, 1000th Anniversary Celebration of the Repose of St. Vladimir, Moscow, Russia, 2015
• Lessons from Contemporary Orthodox Missiology, Romanian Youth Worker Symposium, Fordham University, 16 April 2016
• Marriage as a Pathway to Theosis, "Walk Through the Door of Holiness: An Ecumenical Conference Exploring Christian Character within Post-Christian Culture,” Greenwich, NY

• 2019 - Doctor of Divinity Honoris Causa from the New Georgian University, Poti, Georgia
• 2018 - St. Andrei Șaguna Cross and Award from The Metropolis of Transylvania, Sibiu, Romania
• 2017 - St. John Chrysostom Cross and Award for Theological Education from the Romanian Patriarchate, Bucharest, Romania
• 20117 - St. Macrina Award for Excellence in Teaching from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
• 2013 - Distinguished Alumni Award from Nashotah House Seminary
• 2008 - Doctor of Divinity Honoris Causa from Nashotah House Seminary

1. http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/st_vlads_installs_new_dean_and_chancellor
2. http://www.svots.edu/headlines/seminary-trustees-implement-new-governance-model-seek-ceo
3. https://oca.org/news/archived/dean-and-chancellor-of-st.-vladimirs-seminary-appointed-to-second-term
4. http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/st_vlads_installs_new_dean_and_chancellor
5. http://www.svots.edu/headlines/seminary-trustees-implement-new-governance-model-seek-ceo

• 1. Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield. Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
• 2. Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield. Official Resume. Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
• 3. Clergy - V. Rev. Chad Hatfield. Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved 12 February 2017.