After he became bishop he received an honorary doctorate of sacred theology from General Seminary and an honorary doctorate of divinity from The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
[3] He was initially a deacon at St Mary's Church in Oelwein, Iowa, and then became rector of St Mark's Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
On June 27, 1906, he married Frances LeBaron Kasson, a descendant of the colonial Massachusetts Governor William Bradford.
When the Diocese of Oklahoma was formed in 1938, Casady became its first diocesan bishop.
[5] In 1953, the W. R. Chilton Powell succeeded Casady as bishop of the diocese.