Edward Thomas Demby

The Right Reverend

Edward Thomas Demby

D.D., LL.D.
Suffragan Bishop of Arkansas
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseArkansas
Elected1918
In office1918–1939
Orders
OrdinationMay 8, 1899
by John Franklin Spalding
ConsecrationSeptember 29, 1918
by Daniel S. Tuttle
Personal details
Born(1869-02-13)February 13, 1869
DiedApril 14, 1957(1957-04-14) (aged 88)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
BuriedLake View Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsEdward T. Demby IV & Mary Anderson Tippett
SpousePolly Alston Sherrill (died 1899)
Antoinette Martina Ricks
(m. 1902; died 1957)
Alma materWilberforce University

Edward Thomas Demby (February 13, 1869 – April 14, 1957) was an African-American bishop and author. Ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States and later a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Arkansas and the Southwest, Demby worked against racial discrimination and for interracial harmony, both within and outside of his church.