Background
Edward Lambe Parsons was born on May 18, 1868 in New York, New York, United States. He was a son of Arthur Wellesley and Helen Clement (White) Parsons.
Edward Lambe Parsons was born on May 18, 1868 in New York, New York, United States. He was a son of Arthur Wellesley and Helen Clement (White) Parsons.
Edward Lambe Parsons received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1889 from Yale College (now Yale University), and graduated from Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1892.
Edward Lambe Parsons was ordained to the diaconate in 1894, and to the priesthood in 1895. Parsons served as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of California from 1919 to 1924, and as diocesan bishop from 1924-1940.
After retiring from his position with the church, he joined the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union board of directors, serving as chairman from 1941 to 1956 and remaining on the board for the rest of his life.
He was a member of the University Club of San Francisco.
On May 18, 1897 he married Bertha de Forest Brush. In 1935 she died. They had three children: Arthur, Harriet Trumbull, Helen (Dallas) Loraine de Forest.