Background
Colladay, Samuel Rakestraw was born on September 16, 1868 in New York City. Son of William R. and Elizabeth D. (Wiltberger) Colladay.
Colladay, Samuel Rakestraw was born on September 16, 1868 in New York City. Son of William R. and Elizabeth D. (Wiltberger) Colladay.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1891. Philadelphia Divinity School, 1891-1892. Berkeley Divinity School, 1892-1894, Bachelor of Divinity, 1901, Doctor of Divinity, 1919.
Deacon, 1894, priest, 1895, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector’s assistant St. James’s Church, Philadelphia, 1894-1896. Rector Church of Messiah, Philadelphia, 1896-1900, Christ Church, Middle Haddam, Connecticut, 1902-1906.
Professor literature and New Testament interpretation, Berkeley Divinity School, 1900-1909. Dean St. Mark’s Cathedral, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1909-1916. Rector St. James Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1916-1917.
Rector Christ Church, Hartford, 1917-1919. Dean Christ Church Cathedral, 1919-1936, dean emeritus since October 1, 1936. Delaware to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1919, 22, 25, 28, 34.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marie L. Hill, April. Children: Charles Rittenhouse, Elizabeth Wiltberger, Montgomery Hill.