Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr.

The Right Reverend

Duncan Montgomery Gray

D.D.
Bishop of Mississippi
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseMississippi
ElectedJanuary 20, 1943
In office1943–1966
PredecessorWilliam Mercer Green
SuccessorJohn Allin
Orders
OrdinationJune 21, 1926
by Theodore DuBose Bratton
ConsecrationMay 12, 1943
by Henry St. George Tucker
Personal details
Born(1898-05-05)May 5, 1898
DiedJune 25, 1966(1966-06-25) (aged 68)
BuriedLakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam Franklin Gray & Annie L. McClung
SpouseIsabel Denham McCrady
Children3
Alma materSewanee: 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]

  1. ^ "Episcopal Bishop Gray Dies". Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. June 27, 1966. The Episcopal diocese of Mississippi today mourned the loss of Bishop Duncan M. Gray
  2. ^ "Annual Cyclopedia of the Church: Gray, Duncan Montgomery (437)". The Living Church Annual: The Year Book of the Episcopal Church, 1944: 34. 1944. The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray was consecrated fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi on May 12, 1943
  3. ^ Head, Tom (May 4, 2011). "A Good Shepherd". Free Press. Jackson, Mississippi. Retrieved 2017-06-18. The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is the only diocese in the country to have a third-generation bishop.