Career
Barry was ordained a priest in 1925. He was a curate at Saint Paul"s, Flatbush. He served as rector at Saint Gabriel"s, Hollis, Saint John"s, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Saint Luke"s, Evanston, Illinois.
He was a bachelor his entire life.
"On May 2, 1945. Barry was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Albany." He was consecrated, in a "magnificent demonstration," at the Cathedral of All Saints by Presiding Bishop Most Reverend Henry Saint George Tucker, incumbent Albany Bishop George Ashton Oldham, and "Bishop Stires, retired Bishop of Long Island, who had ordained Frederick Barry to the priesthood." Upon Bishop Oldham"s retirement, Bishop Barry was "enthroned" in the cathedra in the Cathedral of All Saints on January 25, 1950.
Bishop Barry travelled widely though the 19-county diocese to confirm parishioners, to ordain priests, and to preach. He specifically "was assigned jurisdiction over the missionary work of the Diocese." He founded "the Adirondack Mission.. or more than forty years, a team of clergy" to service the spiritual needs of several small parishes in the Adirondack Mountains area. In May 1950, at the end of a stormy Diocesan convention held at the Lake Placid Club, he nominated David East. Richards, then a priest at Saint George"s Church, Schenectady, who was elected his first suffragan bishop.
Richards served until 1957, when he was elected to be the Missionary Bishop of Central America.
He asked for a replacement, and the Very Review Allen West. Brown, then Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints, was elected Suffragan Bishop of Albany in October 1958, over Charles Bowen Persell, Junior., his only close competitor.
Brown was consecrated on February 22, 1959, at Saint John"s Church, Ogdensburg, by Presiding Bishop the Most Reverend Arthur C. Lichtenberger. In 1960, Bishop Barry died in a hospital after some time in ill health, and the see was left vacant.
Brown was elected and consecrated bishop in 1961 to replace Barry.
Barry is buried in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral of All Saints.
