Background
Remington, William Procter was born on March 13, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Price and Elizabeth Baily (Collins) Remington.
Remington, William Procter was born on March 13, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Price and Elizabeth Baily (Collins) Remington.
Preparatory education DeLancey School, Philadelphia. Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1900. Bachelor of Divinity, Theological Seminary Virginia, 1905, Doctor of Divinity, 1918.
System Technologies.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1940.
Began as teacher DeLancey School. Was in charge track athletics. Member team at Olympic games, London and Paris, 1900.
Deacon, 1905, priest, 1906, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 1905-1907. Vicar Memorial Chapel of Holy Communion, Phlia., 1907-1911.
Rector St. Paul’s Church, Minneapolis, 1911-1918. Consecrated suffragan bishop of South Dakot, January 10, 1918. Elected bishop Eastern Oregon, September 20, 1922, and installed November 19, 1923.
Elected suffragan bishop Pennsylvania, June 26, 1945. Instituted November 1945, retired 1951. Appointed chaplain Base Hospital 26, organized by Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota, 1917.
Duty in the field. President, Province of Pacific, 1944. Trustee Whitman College, University of Pennsylvania.
Member Psi Upsilon, Sphinx (senior society University of Pennsylvania). Phi Beta Kappa. Retired.
Married Florence Lyman Allen, Burlington, Vermont, September 9, 1905.