The Right Reverend Duncan Montgomery Gray D.D. | |
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Bishop of Mississippi | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Mississippi |
Elected | January 20, 1943 |
In office | 1943–1966 |
Predecessor | William Mercer Green |
Successor | John Allin |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 21, 1926 by Theodore DuBose Bratton |
Consecration | May 12, 1943 by Henry St. George Tucker |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | June 25, 1966 | (aged 68)
Buried | Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Mississippi |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | William Franklin Gray & Annie L. McClung |
Spouse | Isabel Denham McCrady |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Sewanee: The University of the South |
Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr. (May 5, 1898 – June 25, 1966)[1] was the fifth bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church.[2] His son Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr and grandson Duncan Montgomery Gray III were the seventh and ninth bishops of Mississippi.[3]
The Episcopal diocese of Mississippi today mourned the loss of Bishop Duncan M. Gray
The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray was consecrated fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi on May 12, 1943
The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is the only diocese in the country to have a third-generation bishop.