Background
Reese, Theodore Irving was born on March 10, 1873 in New York City. Son of Review George Bickham and Elizabeth Kip (Irving) Reese.
Reese, Theodore Irving was born on March 10, 1873 in New York City. Son of Review George Bickham and Elizabeth Kip (Irving) Reese.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1894. Harvard Graduate School, 1894-1895. Bachelor of Divinity, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1897.
Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon, 1913.
Deacon, 1897, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Founder, and first rector St. Michael’s Parish, Milton, Massachusetts, 1897-1907. Rector Trinity Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1907-1913.
Elected bishop coadjutor of Diocese of Southern Ohio, December 4, 1912, consecrated, March 25, 1913, bishop Diocese of Southern Ohio, October 3, since 1929. Chairman Ohio State Board of Arbitration by appointment of Governor Harmon, April 1900.
Member National Council Protestant Episcopal Church, 1919-1925, also.
Married Louise Comins, June 22, 1899.