ames De Wolf Perry (1871- ), bishop, was
born in Germantown, Pa., studied at Cambridge Theological School,
entered the ministry in 1896. He was rector of Christ Church,
Fitchburg, Mass., 1897-1904, and of St. Paul’s, New Haven,
Conn., 1904-1911. He was then consecrated bishop of Rhode Island,
and was elected primate of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
America in 1930. [The Home University Encyclopedia, 1946]