Background
Sumner, Walter Taylor was born on December 5, 1873 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Davenport and Rintha (Thompson) Sumner.
Sumner, Walter Taylor was born on December 5, 1873 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Davenport and Rintha (Thompson) Sumner.
Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth, 1898. Graduate Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1904. Doctor of Divinity, Northwestern, 1912, Dartmouth, 1913, and Western Theological Seminary, 1915.
Honorary Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College, 1933.
Deacon, 1903, priest, 1904, Protestant Episcopal Church. Secretary to bishop of Chicago. 1903-1906; pastor Saint George’s Church, Chicago, 1904-1906.
Dean, Cathedral Steamship.
Peter and Paul and superintendent City Missions of the Episcopal Church, Chicago, 1906-1915. Consecrated bishop of Oregon, January 6, 1915.
Member Chicago Board of Education, 1909-1915. Member joint commission on Payment of Prisoners, Loan Sharks, Child Labor and as. Member of advisory council Boy Scouts America, and
Member of the board of directors Oregon Social Hygiene Society, Public Welfare Society Oregon Tuberculosis Association.
Member Honor Court of Boy Scouts.
Married Myrtle Mitchell, January 1, 1918. Children: Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane.