 From 1955-1957 he served as the Knight Commander of the Order.James L. Duncan was ordained to the diaconate in July 1938 and to the priesthood in July 1939, both by Bishop Henry J. Mikell of Atlanta.He served as curate of All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1939 to 1940, when he left to become rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, in Rome, Georgia, where he stayed until 1945.