| William Crane Gray, Missionary Bishop of Southern Florida | |
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| Born | September 6, 1835 Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
| Died | 1919 Nashville. Davidson County, Tennessee |
William Crane Gray was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction of Southern Florida, which had been split off from the Episcopal Diocese of Florida in October 1892.[1]
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William Crane Gray was born in Lambertville, New Jersey, on September 6, 1835, the son of Joseph Gray and Hannah Price Gray.[2] When he was ten he and his parents moved to Tennessee. In 1859 he graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and he then went to seminary at Bexley Hall, which was then located in Gambier.[1]
William Crane Gray was ordained to the diaconate in 1859 and to the priesthood in 1860. He served as chaplain of a Tennessee regiment during the Civil War. After the war, he served parishes in Bolivar and Nashville. He had been rector of the Church of the Advent in Nashville for 20 years when he was elected bishop. His consecration was held there.[1]
William Crane Gray's first wife was Margaret Locke Trent, whom he married on May 20, 1863. His second wife was Fannie Campbell Bowers, whom he married August 2, 1877. Their son, Campbell Gray born January 6, 1879, later became Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana .[3]
William Crane Gray retired as Missionary Bishop of Southern Florida in 1913 and went to live with his son in Nashville, where he died in 1919.[4]
The Missionary Jurisdiction of Southern Florida in 1922 became the Diocese of South Florida.[5] In 1969, the Diocese of South Florida was split into three dioceses as follows: the Diocese of Central Florida, the Diocese of Southeast Florida and the Diocese of Southwest Florida.
grandson of Campbell Gray
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