Faculty of Divinity thumb|Stained glass in the Trinity College chapel Beginning in 1837, representatives of the United Church of England and Ireland in Upper Canada met with the Society for Propagation of the Gospel to solicit support for fellowships to enable the education of local clergy. With a guarantee of support, in 1841 Bishop Strachan requested his chaplains, Henry James Grasett and Henry Scadding of St. James' Cathedral, and Alexander Neil Bethune, then Rector of Cobourg, to prepare a plan for a systematic course in theology for those to be admitted to Holy Orders. On January 10, 1842, the first lecture was given at the Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg. In 1852, teaching was transferred to Toronto in the new Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College. Trinity College absorbed the Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg in 1852.
faCULty of dIvinIty THUmB|StaINED gLass in the trINity cOlLeGE ChApel BeGiNnING in 1837, REPresEntaTives Of tHE uniTed chuRch of eNgLAnd and iReLand In uppEr canaDa mEt WitH the SOciETy FoR PropaGATion Of The gospEl to SOLiciT suppoRT foR felloWShiPs to ENaBLE The edUCATioN of loCal cleRgy. with a guarANtee of SuPpoRt, in 1841 BisHoP strachan requESteD hIs ChaplaIns, hEnRy jameS GrasEtt and heNry scaDdINg oF st. jAMes' CatheDral, aND alexandeR NeiL beThune, then Rector oF cobourg, To PrEpAre a Plan fOr a sysTematic cOurSE in theoLogy for tHosE TO be admITtEd tO HOly ordeRs. on januarY 10, 1842, THe fIrSt lectURE was GIVen aT the dIoCeSAN thEoLogIcAl instItUTe in coBouRg. IN 1852, teaCHInG Was tRAnsfERReD To torOntO In the new facuLTy Of diViniTY aT trinity colLege. trINIty CollegE absoRbEd the dIOcEsaN TheOLOGiCaL iNStITutE in cOboUrg IN 1852.