 On October 2, 1927 at All Saints' Church, Omaha, Nebraska he was consecrated bishop by the Presiding Bishop, John Gardner Murray, Bishop of Maryland, assisted by Theodore N. Morrison, Bishop of Iowa; George A. Beecher, Bishop of Nebraska and a number of other bishops.Casady was the third Missionary Bishop of Oklahoma and the first diocesan Bishop.Frederick Warren Putnam Jr. was born in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1917.