Background
Hart, Oliver James was born on July 18, 1892 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Washington Seabrook and Ellen Almene (Hackett) Hart.
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Sesquicentennial edition of the history of Christ Church Parish, Macon, Georgia. 1825-1925. Contains entries from parish registers, index to parish history and index to parish registers.
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Hart, Oliver James was born on July 18, 1892 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Washington Seabrook and Ellen Almene (Hackett) Hart.
AB, Hobart College, 1913. Doctor of Laws, Hobart College, 1937. STB, General Theological Seminary, 1916.
STD, General Theological Seminary, 1943. Bachelor's Degree, Union Theological Seminary, 1917. Doctor of Divinity, University Chattanooga, 1926.
Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1935. Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1942. Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, 1943.
Data Control Language, Temple University, 1952.
Lay reader, deacon, Church of the Good Shepherd, Greenwood Lake, New York, 1915-1917;
curate, St. Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1917-1918;
assistant minister, St. Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1919-1920;
rector, Christ Church, Macon, Georgia, 1920-1926;
rector, St. Paul's Church, Chattanooga, 1926-1934;
rector, St. John's Church, Washington, 1934-1940;
rector, Trinity Church, Boston, 1940-1942. Bishop Diocese Center New York, 1937, Diocese Delaware, 1938. Bishop-coadjutor Diocese Pennsylvania, consecrated bishop in Church of the Advisory, Philadelphia, 1942.
Active Deputy General Convention, 1925-1937, chairman Department religious education, 1924-1926, 28-29, examining chaplain, 1932-1933, member executive county, 1927-1932, 36-39. President Washington Diocese clericus, 1937. Member Forward Movement Commission,1935-1938.
Dean Knoxville Convocation, 1930-1934.
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Trustee Appleton Church Home, 1923-1926. Trustee Church Pension Fund, from 1940, president, 1958-1963. Warden St. John's Orphanage, Washington, 1934-1940;chairman Army and Navy Commission, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1946-1952.
Captain United States Army, 1918-1919, 41-42. Member Masons, Rittenhouse Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Phi, Omicron, Delta Kappa.
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Married mary McBee Mikell, July 20, 1921. 1 child, Oliver James Junior.