He was awarded a number of honorary degrees; a Doctor of Divinity from Roanoke College in 1923, the University of the South in 1935, and the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1950, respectively; a Doctor of Laws from George Washington University in 1937; and a Doctor of Systematic Theology from the University of the Pacific in 1953.

[2] Ordained a deacon on May 22, 1910, and priest on December 18, 1910, by Bishop Alfred Harding of Washington, he initially served as chaplain at Woodberry Forest School between 1910 and 1913.

[3] Then in 1913 he accepted the post of rector of Grace Church in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where he remained until 1917.

[6] He was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of California by Edward L. Parsons and co-consecrated by Benjamin D. Dagwell on September 29, 1938, in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

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