Cathedral of the Incarnation (Garden City, New York)

The Cathedral of the Incarnation
The Cathedral of the Incarnation
DenominationThe Episcopal Church
Websitewww.incarnationgc.org
History
Founded1876
Consecrated1885
Architecture
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places
Architect(s)John Kellum, Henry G. Harrison
Architectural typeNeo-Gothic
Style13th-century floriated English Gothic
Groundbreaking1876
Completed1885
Specifications
MaterialsBelville Brownstone (exterior facade), cast iron/iron (structural), rare marble (interior appointments)
Administration
DioceseThe Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
DeaneryCentral Nassau
Clergy
BishopThe Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano
DeanMichael T. Sniffen
SubdeanEddie Alleyne
Canon(s)Adam Bucko, Kate Salisbury, Bruce D. Griffith,
Assistant priest(s)Daniel Ade, Mark Kowalewski, Brian Barry, Landon Moore
CurateCameron Walker
DeaconDenise Galloway
Laity
Chapter clerkCharles Janoff
VergerKyle Sabo

The Cathedral of the Incarnation is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. The cathedral also serves as the centerpiece of America's first cathedral town, Garden City, New York. It was built to honor 19th-century merchant Alexander Turney Stewart, who championed the development of this Long Island community. Stewart envisioned transforming an area of the Hempstead Plains into a town featuring moderately priced housing for his employees set within a park-like atmosphere.

The Cathedral of the Incarnation is the only single-benefactory cathedral in the United States, and the only one that is built in memory of a single individual. The building is significant example of 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture.

The cathedral reported 1,277 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $507,364 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 237.