Duncan M. Gray Jr.

For other people with the same name, see Duncan Gray (disambiguation).

Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. (September 21, 1926 July 15, 2016), was the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, a middle judicatory of the Episcopal Church, USA, based in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. As a priest in the southern United States, Gray was best known for his work as a civil rights activist; his story was included in the University of Southern Mississippi's Civil Rights Digital Archive.[1][2]

Gray's father, Duncan M. Gray, Sr., and his son, Duncan M. Gray, III, are respectively the fifth and ninth Bishops of the Diocese of Mississippi.

He is the subject of a book by Will D. Campbell, And Also With You: Duncan Gray and the American Dilemma.

References

  1. RIP: Former Mississippi Bishop Duncan M. Gray Jr. dies after brief illness
  2. Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive, and transcript of Gray's interview.


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