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Lincoln, Nebraska police chief|Thomas K. CasadyThe Right Reverend Thomas Casady (
June 6 ,1881 – 1958) was the thirdmissionary bishop of Oklahoma and the firstdiocesan bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma of the Episcopal Church, USA.Life and career
Casady was born in
Des Moines, Iowa , the son of Simon Casady and Sarah Covarral. He graduated from theUniversity of Iowa in 1902. In 1903 he enteredGeneral Theological Seminary . After he became bishop he received an honorary doctorate of sacred theology from General Seminary and an honorary doctorate of divinity fromThe University of the South ,Sewanee, Tennessee .He was ordained deacon in June 1906 and priest in February 1907. On June 27, 1906, he married Frances LeBaron Kasson. They had six children. Casady was consecrated bishop on October 2, 1927, at All Saints' Church,Omaha, Nebraska . When the Diocese of Oklahoma was formed in 1937, Casady became its first diocesan bishop.The
Casady School was founded by Bishop Casady and the Diocese of Oklahoma in 1947.Consecrators
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John Gardner Murray , 16thpresiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
*Theodore N. Morrison , 3rd bishop of Iowa
*George Allan Beecher , 2nd bishop of Kearney (The Platte)Thomas Casady was the 355thbishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.References
* [http://www.okcursillo.org/search/index.php?page=bishops.html Past Bishops of the Diocese of Oklahoma]
ee also
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Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States
*Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma External links
* [http://www.episcopaloklahoma.org/ Website of the Diocese of Oklahoma]
* [http://www.casady.org Casady School]
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