William Stevens Perry
| Right Reverend William Stevens Perry, D.D., LL.D. D.C.L. |
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| II Bishop of Iowa | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| See | Iowa |
| In office | September 10, 1876 - May 13, 1898 |
| Predecessor | Henry Washington Lee |
| Successor | Theodore Nevin Morrison |
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| Ordination | 1858 |
| Consecration | September, 1876 by Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens |
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| Born |
January 22, 1832 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Died | May 13, 1898 (aged 66) Dubuque, Iowa |
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William Stevens Perry (January 22, 1832 – May 13, 1898) was a 19th-century bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America and an educator. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Iowa from 1876 - 1898.
He was born at Providence, Rhode Island, studied at Brown University, but took his degree from Harvard in 1854. He studied theology at Virginia Theological Seminary before finishing his studies privately. He was ordained a deacon at Grace Church in Newton, Massachusetts and a priest (1858) at St. Paul's, Boston, where he spent the first year of his ministry. His succeeding charges were in St. Luke’s Church Nashua, New Hampshire, St. Stephen’s Church Portland, Maine, St. Michael’s Church Litchfield, Connecticut, and Trinity Church Geneva, New York.
He taught history at Hobart College for several years and served the institution as president from April to September, 1876, when he was consecrated Bishop of Iowa.
He did much for the cause of education in his diocese—reopened Griswold College, founded St. Katharine's Hall for girls, Kemper Hall for boys, and Lee Hall for training candidates for orders. Several other schools were founded throughout the diocese. Some of the schools were parish based while others were sponsored by the diocese.
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