Walter H. Gray

Gray was ordained deacon on June 8, 1928, and priest on February 17, 1929. He served as assistant rector of St John's Church in West Hartford, Connecticut, from 1928 till 1932. Later, in 1932, he became Dean of the Pro-Cathedral of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1937, he transferred to Hartford, Connecticut, to become Dean of Christ Church Cathedral.

Gray was elected Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut in 1940. He was consecrated on November 12, 1940, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker. He was elected Bishop Coadjutor on October 2, 1945, and became succeeded as Bishop of Connecticut on January 15, 1951. As Bishop of Connecticut he was involved in the Interracial Commission and Interfaith Housing. He was also a prominent leader of the 1948, 1958, and 1968 Lambeth Conferences. He is the author of the "Gray Report" on overseas missions. Gray retired on August 30, 1969. He died a few years later on December 4, 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut.

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