Thomas Casady

The Right Reverend

Thomas Casady
The Right Reverend; Thomas Casady
Bishop of Oklahoma
Church	Episcopal Church
See	Oklahoma
Elected	June 1927
In office	1927-1953
Predecessor	Theodore Payne Thurston
Successor	W. R. Chilton Powell
Orders
Ordination	February 10, 1907; by M. Edward Fawcett
Consecration	October 2, 1927; by John Gardner Murray
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1881; Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Died	September 9, 1958 (aged 77); Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Buried	Woodland Cemetery
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Simon Casady & Sarah Conarroe Griffiths
Spouse	Frances LeBaron Kasson (m. 1906; died 1951)
Children	6, including Thomas and Simon Casady
Alma mater	University of Iowa

Thomas Casady (June 6, 1881 – September 9, 1958) was the third missionary bishop of Oklahoma and the first diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma in the Episcopal Church.

Early life and education

Casady was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of prominent banker Simon Casady and Sarah Conarroe Casady (Griffiths) and grandson of Iowa state senator Phineas M. Casady. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in 1902.^[1] In 1903 he entered General Theological Seminary and graduated in 1906. 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.^[2]

Career and family

He was ordained deacon on June 27, 1906 by Bishop Arthur Llewellyn Williams of Nebraska and priest on February 10, 1907 by Bishop M. Edward Fawcett of Quincy.^[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. He also served as rector of Ascension Church in Pueblo, Colorado between 1912 and 1920 and then as rector of All Saints' Church in Omaha, Nebraska from 1920 to 1927.

On June 27, 1906, he married Frances LeBaron Kasson, a descendant of the colonial Massachusetts Governor William Bradford. They had six children: Simon Casady, Frances Cristabel Sherman, Reverend Phineas M. Casady, Reverend Mac Casady, Richard R. Casady, and Thomas Casady Jr.^[4]

Episcopacy

Casady was elected by the house of bishops to be the third Missionary Bishop of Oklahoma in June 1927. He was consecrated bishop on October 2, 1927, at All Saints' Church, Omaha, Nebraska by Presiding Bishop John Gardner Murray. When the Diocese of Oklahoma was formed in 1938, Casady became its first diocesan bishop. The Casady School was founded by Bishop Casady and the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma in 1947.^[5] In 1953, the W. R. Chilton Powell succeeded Casady as bishop of the diocese.^[6]

Consecrators

John Gardner Murray, 16th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
Theodore Nevin Morrison, 3rd bishop of Iowa
George Allan Beecher, 2nd bishop of Kearney (The Platte)

Thomas Casady was the 355th bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.

References

^ "Casady, THOMAS: Bishop of Oklahoma". Religious Leaders of America. 2: 198. 1941.
^ "Casady, Thomas". The Living Church Annual: 79. 1928.
^ "CASADY, Rt. Rev. Thomas". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 55. 1950.
^ "CASADY, Thomas". Yearbook of American Churches: 332. 1933.
^ Casady School
^ "Episcopal Ex-Bishop Dead at 83". The Oklahoman. 2 January 1995. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

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Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Theodore Payne Thurston	3rd missionary bishop of Oklahoma 1927 – 1937	Succeeded by
Preceded by	1st Bishop of Oklahoma 1937 – 1953	Succeeded by Chilton Powell