| 词条 | Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr. |
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| type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Duncan Montgomery Gray | honorific_suffix = D.D. | title = Bishop of Mississippi | image = Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = Episcopal Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Mississippi | see = | elected = 20 January 1943 | term = 1943-1966 | quashed = | predecessor = William Mercer Green | successor = John Allin | opposed = | other_post = | ordination = 1926 | ordained_by = | consecration = 12 May 1943 | consecrated_by = | rank = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|05|05}} | birth_place = Meridian, Mississippi, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|06|25|1898|05|05}} | death_place = | buried = Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Mississippi | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = American | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | previous_post = | education = | alma_mater = The University of the South | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }}Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr. (5 May 1898 – 25 June 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] Early life and educationGray was born on May 5, 1898, in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of William Franklin Gray and Annie McClung. He attended the Rice Institute in Hudson, Texas and later The University of the South. PriestGray was ordained deacon in 1925 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton. He served as deacon in Grace Church, Rosedale, Mississippi and Calvary Mission in Cleveland, Mississippi. He was ordained priest in 1926 after which he served as rector of Grace Church in Canton, Mississippi. He also served as rector in Nativity Church in Greenwood, Mississippi and St Paul's Church in Columbus, Mississippi. He was also a member of the Diocesan executive committee.[4] BishopGray was elected, on the third ballot, bishop on January 20, 1943, during the 116th diocesan convention. He was consecrate don May 12, 1943 by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker in St Andrew's church in Jackson, Mississippi. As bishop he managed to keep the church growth in the diocese steady and increased the diocesan budget. He was also the first bishop to be installed in the diocesan cathedral after its establishment. He was also instrumental in promoting racial integration. Gray retired on May 31, 1966, and died a less than a month later on June 25. His funeral took place on June 27 in St Andrew's Cathedral, presided by the Bishop of Mississippi, John Allin. [5] Personal lifeGray married Isabel McCrady, who died on May 31, 1966, a few week before Bishop Gray. Together they had 3 children including Duncan M. Gray Jr. who later became Bishop of Mississippi. References1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Episcopal Bishop Gray Dies |work=Daily Herald |location=Biloxi, Mississippi |date=June 27, 1966 |quote=The Episcopal diocese of Mississippi today mourned the loss of Bishop Duncan M. Gray}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brinker, Howard Rasmus}}2. ^{{cite journal |author= |date=1944 |title=Annual Cyclopedia of the Church: Gray, Duncan Montgomery (437) |journal=The Living Church Annual: The Year Book of the Episcopal Church, 1944 |pages=34 |quote=The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray was consecrated fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi on May 12, 1943}} 3. ^{{cite news| last = Head| first = Tom| date = May 4, 2011| title = A Good Shepherd| url = http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2011/may/04/a-good-shepherd/| work = Free Press| location = Jackson, Mississippi| access-date = 2017-06-18| quote = The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is the only diocese in the country to have a third-generation bishop. }} 4. ^(1944). The Living Church Annual, p. 34. Morehouse-Gorham Company, New York. 5. ^"Gray of Mississippi dies", The Living Church, New York, 10 July 1966. 3 : 1898 births|1966 deaths|Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
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