Edmund Pendleton Dandridge (September 5, 1881 – January 28, 1961) was fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, serving from 1947 to 1953.

Biography

Dandridge was born on September 5, 1881, in

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, the son of Lemuel Purnell Dandridge and Isabelle Lawrence. He was ordained deacon in June 1906 by William Loyall Gravatt, Coadjutor Bishop of West Virginia and priest in December 1908 by

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, Bishop of West Virginia. He served as rector of Christ Church in

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. On April 20, 1938, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee and was consecrated on September 20, 1938, by Presiding Bishop

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. He succeeded as Bishop of Tennessee on January 5, 1947. He resigned on September 20, 1953, and died on January 28, 1961. He married Mary Robertson Lloyd on October 6, 1909." Edmund Pendleton Dandridge, Sr "
''Find a Grave''. Retrieved on 30 September 2018. During Dandridge's tenure as Tennessee Diocesan, the diocese grew at a far larger rate than perhaps in any prior period in its history, mainly due to suburban development in the four major cities of the state and the missions and parishes erected to serve them. Growth proceeded to the point that, by the 1980s, the statewide body had been divided into three dioceses, one for each major region of Tennessee.

References

1881 births 1961 deaths Episcopal bishops of Tennessee 20th-century American Episcopalians {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub