Background
Ferris, Theodore Parker was born on December 23, 1908 in Portuguese Chester, New York, United States. Son of Walter Andrew and Eva (Parker) Ferris.
Ferris, Theodore Parker was born on December 23, 1908 in Portuguese Chester, New York, United States. Son of Walter Andrew and Eva (Parker) Ferris.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1929. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, New York, 1933, South.T.D., 1961. Doctor of Divinity, Rolins College, 1944, Middlesbury College, 1955, Boston University, 1958, Harvard College, 1969.
Doctor of Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, 1967.
Ordained to ministry Episcopal Church, 1933. Assistant minister Grace Church, New York City, 1933-1937. Fellow tutor General Theological Seminary, 1933-1937.
Rector Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, 1937-1942, Trinity Church, Boston, 1942-1972.
Instructor homilectics Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, 1943-1964. Delaware general convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1946, 49, 52, 55, 61, 67.
Alternate delegate First Assembly World Council Churches, Amsterdam, 1948. Trustee Boston Symphony Orchestra.