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Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. (September 21, 1926 – July 15, 2016) was the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, a diocese of the Episcopal Church. Gray's father, Duncan M. Gray Sr., and his son, Duncan Montgomery Gray III, are respectively the fifth and ninth Bishops of the Diocese of Mississippi.
Jul 16, 2016 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr., a civil-rights advocate and retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, died Friday. He was 89. Gray died at his home in Jackson after having been in hospice care, said one of his sons, Lloyd Gray of Meridian.
As a fourth generation Mississippian, Duncan Gray, Jr. devoted his pastoral career to the parishes and communities of Mississippi. Between 1953 to 1960, he served as priest-in-charge at the parishes of Grace Church in Rosedale, Calvary Church in Cleveland, and Church of the Holy Innocents in Como.
Episcopal bishop and activist Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. was born on 21 September 1926 in Canton, Mississippi. His father, Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr., served as the fifth coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi from 1943 to 1966. The younger Gray spent his early childhood and adolescence in Columbus, Meridian, and Greenwood. After graduating from […]
Aug 31, 2016 · Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr., an Episcopal priest who took risky stands for integration and endured a beating for the cause, died at age 89 at his home in Jackson on July 15, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.
Jul 16, 2016 · The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. was the seventh bishop of Mississippi, and died at his home in Jackson the morning of July 15. Gray served as bishop from 1974 through 1993. The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Jackson.
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Duncan Montgomery Gray, Jr. (September 21, 1926 – July 15, 2016) was an American bishop and activist. He was the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi (a middle judicatory of the Episcopal Church, USA). He was a priest in the southern United States.
