James L. Duncan

infobox bishopbiog
name = The Rt. Rev. James L. Duncan


religion = Episcopal Church in the United States of America
See = Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida
Title = I Bishop of Southeast Florida
Period = 1969 1980
consecration = 1961
Predecessor = None
Successor = Calvin O. Schofield, Jr.
II Bishop of Southeast Florida
post = Bishop Coadjutor of South Florida 1961-1969
bishops =
ordination = 1939
date of birth = birth date|1913|9|11
place of birth = Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
date of death= birth date |2000|7|20
place of death= Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, cremated

James Loughlin Duncan, (1913-2000), the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, was born September 11, 1913, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Robert Duncan and his wife, Mary (O'Loughlin) Duncan. He died July 20, 2000, a resident of Coral Gables, Florida. ["Episcopal Clerical Directory, 1981" New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, p. 181]

Education

James Loughlin Duncan attended Emory University and received a B.A. in 1935 and an M.A. in 1936. He studied theology at the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee and received a B.D. in 1939, and an honorary D.D. in 1962. ["Episcopal Clerical Directory, 1981" New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, p. 181]

Ministry

James L. Duncan was ordained to the diaconate in 1938 and to the priesthood in 1939. He served as curate of All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1939-1940, when he left to become rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, in Rome, Georgia, where he stayed until 1945. From 1945-1950, he was rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, in Winter Park, Florida, His last rectorship at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, in St. Petersburg, Florida began in 1950 and ended in 1961 when he was elected suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida. In 1969, he was elected the first bishop of the newly formed Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and served until he retired in 1980. ["Episcopal Clerical Directory, 1981" New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, p. 181]
After retirement, Bishop Duncan remained active in the Diocese. He served on the board of Trinity Episcopal School (now Palmer Trinity School) and taught seventh grade religion there from 1983 to 1985.
The Duncan Center in Delray Beach, Florida is named in his honor.

Family

James L. Duncan married Evelyn Burgess on July 27, 1943 and they had three children: Mary Anna (5 children), Jon Robert (1 child), and James L. Duncan II (2 children). She died in January, 1967, and Bishop Duncan married Elaine B. Gaither on October 7, 1967. ["Episcopal Clerical Directory, 1981" New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, p. 181]

References

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.allsaintsatlanta.org/home/default.asp All Saints Atlanta, Georgia]
* [http://www.allsaintswp.com/ All Saints Winter Park, Florida]
* [http://www.diosef.org/ The Diocese of Southeast Florida]
* [http://www.diosef.org/history.htm History of the Diocese of Southeast Florida]
* [http://stpeters.episcopalatlanta.org/index.html St. Peters' Rome, Georgia]
* [http://www.spcathedral.net/ St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Florida]