Walter Taylor Sumner (December 5, 1873 – September 4, 1935) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon from 1915 to 1935.
He was educated at the public schools of Manchester, later received a bachelor's degree in science from Dartmouth College in 1898, after which he worked for the Western Electric Company.
[1] [2] Sumner was ordained to the diaconate on November 7, 1903, and to the priesthood on May 29, 1904 by Coadjutor Bishop Charles P. Anderson of Chicago.
[4] Sumner was elected Fourth Bishop of Oregon, on September 16, 1914, serving until his death in 1935.
[5] [6] Sumner died on September 4, 1935, in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon.