Gawain F. De Leeuw

The Rev. Dr. Gawain F. de Leeuw, OA, serves as Vicar and Priest-in-Charge of Holy Trinity Church in Inwood, New York. He previously served as Rector of St. Bartholomew’s in White Plains, New York, and as Vicar for the English Mission in the Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea. He is a lifelong professed member of the Order of the Ascension, an order grounded in Benedictine spirituality, organization development, and organizational psychology, and dedicated to fostering healthy spiritual practices in urban communities.

For several decades, Father de Leeuw has been working on issues related to finance, ranging from access to capital and shareholder responsibility to investing in energy transition. He is a Trustee of The Episcopal Diocese of New York and serves on the real estate and finance subcommittees. He also serves with diocesan teams dedicated to creation care, economic justice, and the formation of a credit union. Most recently, he served on the Task Force on the Theology of Money. He also served on the clergy advisory board of a national healthcare organization.

In 2019, Father de Leeuw wrote the monograph The Body of Christ in a Market Economy, part of a series of Anglican constructive theological essays.

He has preached Latino Ministries and Leadership Development at various seminaries and is trained in Organization Development and Group Relations Theory at the Tavistock Institute and the Center for Emotional Intelligence.

Father de Leeuw was elected to serve his first term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees in 2022.

He received a DMin in Congregational Development from Bexley Seabury, an MDiv from the University of Chicago, and a BA from Oberlin College.