The Rev. Joshua Cowpland Jr. (1864–1865) The Rev. Snyder B. Simes (1865–1868) Assistant Rector The Rev. William Wilberforce Newton (1866–1870) The Rev. Jonathan Everist Cathell (1870–1871) The Rev. Dr. Alex Shiras (1872–1873) The Rev. Charles Betticher (1874–1876) The Rev. W.F.B. Jackson (1876–1879) The Rev. E. Warren Clark (1880–1881) The Rev. A. G. Baker (1882-1884) The Rev. Richard L. Howell (1884–1886) The Rev. John R. Moses (1887–1888) Assistant Rector The Rev. Lucien Moore Robinson (1888–1892) Assistant Rector The Rev. Henri M. G. Huff (1893–1895) Assistant Rector The Rev. Oscar Stewart Michael (1895–1898) Relationship With The Diocese The Church of The Epiphany was home to the diocesan convention in 1874, and 1879 through 1886. Epiphany Chapel (1862-1898) The Epiphany Chapel began in 1859 as the Mission Sunday School of the Seventh Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and was located at 23rd and Race Streets. In November 1862 the school and its facilities became connected with Church of the Epiphany. Soon after the acquisition, discussions began about constructing a new facility on the site capable of housing both a school and chapel. Instead, a site was selected at northwest corner of 23rd and Cherry Streets and construction started in 1865 on a two-story brick building. The building cost $7,000 to construct and was able to fit 250 students on the main floor and 400 students in the basement. The success of the Mission Sunday School was expanded first with evening chapel services, by 1871 the Mission Sunday School had become Epiphany Chapel. Epiphany Chapel was admitted to the Diocese of Pennsylvania convention in 1878 as a mission of Church of the Epiphany. The chapel remained located at 23 and Cherry Streets until the merger with St. Luke's Church, at which time the parish purchased a lot on 17th Street, spanning between Summer and Winter Streets. Vicars of Epiphany Chapel A vicar in the Episcopal Church is usually the priest-in-charge of a mission of the Parish. The Rev. Mason The Rev. Charles H. Tucker The Rev. Dr. Suddards (1871–1872) The Rev. W. F. Garrett (1872–1873) The Rev. Charles E. Betticher (1873–1876) The Rev. James S. Wallace (1878–1879) The Rev. John W. Windsor (1880-1880) The Rev. Henry Scott Jeffreys (1880–1881) The Rev. Jacob Miller (1881) The Rev. H. Greenfield Schorr (1882–1884) The Rev. A. George Baker (1885-1886) The Rev. Joshua Cowpland Jr (1886–1887) The Rev. S. H. Boyer (1889–1890) The Rev. Dr. Robert C. Matlack (1890–1891)