Campbell Gray

Campbell Gray (January 6, 1879 – May 16, 1944) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was the second Bishop of Northern Indiana.

The Right Reverend Campbell Gray
Bishop of Northern Indiana
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Northern Indiana
Elected	January 21, 1925
In office	1925–1944
Predecessor	John Hazen White
Successor	Reginald Mallett
Orders
Ordination	January 6, 1905 by William Crane Gray
Consecration	May 1, 1925 by Reginald Heber Weller
Personal details
Born	(1879-01-07)January 7, 1879 Bolivar, Tennessee, United States
Died	May 16, 1944(1944-05-16) (aged 65) Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Buried	St. James Memorial Chapel, Howe, Indiana
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	William Crane Gray, Fannie Campbell Bowers
Spouse	Virginia Neil Morgan ​ ​ (m. 1905)​
Children	5
Alma mater	University of the South

Early life and education

Gray was born on January 6, 1879, in Bolivar, Tennessee, the son of an Episcopal priest and later bishop, William Crane Gray, and his second wife, Fannie Campbell (Bowers) Gray. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and received a B.A. in 1901 and an M.A. in 1902. He started his theological studies at Sewanee but transferred after one year to the General Theological Seminary in New York City where he graduated in 1904.

Ministry

Gray was ordained to the diaconate in 1904 and to the priesthood in 1905. He worked as a missionary in Southern Florida from 1904 to 1914 when he became vicar of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He stayed there until 1922 when he left to become rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Peoria, Illinois. In 1925 he was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, but John Hazen White died before he could be consecrated so Gray was immediately consecrated to the episcopate immediately as the diocesan bishop.

Family

Gray married Virginia Neil Morgan (born September 18, 1886) on November 1, 1905. They had five children, one son, Francis Campbell Gray, became an Episcopal priest and the sixth Bishop of Northern Indiana. Gray's wife died in February 1978 while residing in Davenport, Florida.

Honorary doctorates

In 1925, Gray was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) degree by Nashotah House and, in 1926, honorary doctorates from Sewanee (D.D.) and the General Theological Seminary (S.T.D.).

Death and burial

Gray died on May 16, 1944, when residing in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was buried next to his wife in the crypt of St. James Memorial Chapel on the grounds of Howe Military School in Howe, Indiana.

See also

• Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States

Resources

• Who Was Who in America, vol. 2 (1943–1950), Chicago: A.N Marquis Company, 1963, p. 219