Background
Davies, Thomas Frederick was born on July 20, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of late Bishop Thomas Frederick and Mary Language (Hackstaff) Davies.
Davies, Thomas Frederick was born on July 20, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of late Bishop Thomas Frederick and Mary Language (Hackstaff) Davies.
Educated P.E. Academy, Philadelphia, 1883-1889. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1894, Master of Arts, 1907. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, New York, 1897, Doctor of Divinity, 1911.
Doctor of Divinity, Amherst College, 1912.
Became deacon, 1897, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister Church of the Incarnation, New York, 1897-1900. Rector Christ Church, Norwich, Connecticut, 1901-1903, All Saints, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903-1911.
Elected bishop of Western Massachusetts, May 10, 1911.
Elected president Province of New England, 1927.
Served for Young Men's Christian Association with American Expeditionary Forces in France, September-November 1918.
Married Anne Thayer Patten, February 24, 1930.