He then went on to study at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1960.
[1] Kimsey was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest on December 18, 1960, by Bishop Lane W. Barton of Eastern Oregon.
[2] [3] On March 22, 1980, Kimsey was elected on the third ballot as the Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
[4] He was consecrated on August 4, 1980, by Presiding Bishop John Allin at The Dalles High School Kurtz Gymnasium.
In 2005 became Assisting Bishop of the Navajoland Area Mission, and retained the post until July 2006.