English: Prelates assembled at reception for Rev. James De Wolf Perry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, marking Los Angeles diocese's fortieth anniversary. The table is placed in front of the Spanish dancer mural. Eight hundred attended the affair, held at the Ambassador. [Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 1935: A1].

Left-to-right: Rt. Rev. Robert B. Gooden, suffrage bishop of Los Angeles; R. Rev. Louis C. Sanford, bishop of San Joaquin; Bishop Perry (standing), who also heads the Rhode Island diocese; Rt. Rev. W. Bertrand Stevens, bishop of Los Angeles; Rt. Rev. Edward L. Parsons, of San Francisco, and, Rt. Rev. Walter Mitchell, bishop of Arizona.