Background
Perry, James Dewolf was born on October 3, 1871 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James De Wolf and Elisabeth Russell (Tyson) Perry.
Perry, James Dewolf was born on October 3, 1871 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James De Wolf and Elisabeth Russell (Tyson) Perry.
Graduate Germantown Academy, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1891, South.T.D., 1911, Doctor of Laws, 1931. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1892.
Bachelor of Divinity, Cambridge Theological School, 1895.
Doctor of Divinity, Brown, 1912, Trinity, 1932, University of South, 1933. South.T.D., General Theological Seminary, 1931.
South.T.D., Columbia, 1931. South.T.D., Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary, Paris, 1940.
Deacon, 1895, priest, 1896, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister Christ Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1895-1897. Rector Christ Church, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1897-1904, Saint Paul’s Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1904-1911.
Consecrated bishop of Rhode Island, January 6, 1911.
Presiding bishop Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 1930-1937, Overseer Harvard University, 1937-1943. Chevalier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur’Honneur (France).
Chaplain, 6th Massachusetts Infantry, 1898-1904. Senior Red Cross chaplain, World War, 1918, 19.
Member Phi Kappa Sigma, Society of the Cincinnati, Pilgrims of America (vice president). Clubs: Artist
Married Edith Dean Weir, January 2, 1908.