Background
Oldham, George Ashton was born on August 15, 1877 in Sunderland, England. Son of Joseph Rodgers and Annie Elizabeth Shaw (Banks) Oldham.
Oldham, George Ashton was born on August 15, 1877 in Sunderland, England. Son of Joseph Rodgers and Annie Elizabeth Shaw (Banks) Oldham.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1902. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, 1905. Special studies Columbia and University of Oxford.
Doctor of Divinity, Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale, New York, 1922, Berkeley Division School, 1922, U. Vermont, 1936.
U. Toronto, 1942; South.T.D., General Theological Seminary, 1925.
Instructor English, Cornell Univercity, 1902. Deacon, 1905, priest, 1906, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate Grace Church, New York City, 1905, Saint Thomas’s Church, New York City, 1906-1908.
Chaplain Columbia University, 1906-1908.
Rector Saint Luke’s Church, New York, 1909-1917, Saint Ann’s Church, Brooklyn. 1917-1922; bishop coadjutor Diocese of Albany, 1922-1929.
Bishop of Albany, July 1, 1929-1949. President Board of Governors Saint Agnes School.
Member Episcopal Commission, World Conference on Faith and Order, Commision on Liturgy, commission on Ecclesiastical Relations European Churches, Jerusalem and East Mission, Protestant Episcopal Church. Member Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Policy Association, Churches and World Peace, Pilgrims of America, Newcomen Society, English-Speaking Union, World Council Churches (member Executive Committee and head commission to Church of England, 1944) and Commision on Foreign Relations. Member Consultant Body of Lambeth Conference, commission on International Relations, World Council Churches.
Clubs: Fort Orange, Schuyler Meadows (Albany).
Member) (London).
Married Emily Pierrepont Gould, January 14, 1915. Children: Mary Perry, Emily Pierrepont (Mistress Dudley H. Grape), George Ashton, Lorraine Gould.