Demby, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1869-1957 (Personal Name)

Beary, Michael J. Black bishop, c2001: CIP t.p. (Edward T. Demby) galley (Edward Thomas Demby V; b. 02/13/1869; d. 10/14/1957)

PREMARC, 05-23-00 (hdg.: Demby, Edward Thomas, bp., 1869- )

African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Demby, Edward T.; Episcopalian bishop; born 13 February 1869 possibly in Wilmington, Delaware, United States; ordained African Methodist Episcopal clergyman, taught theology at Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas (1894); first African American to operate a school with correspondence courses in sacred languages; served at Emmanuel Church in Memphis and supervised black missions in the Memphis area as dean and archdeacon of Tennessee's black Episcopalians (1900's); elected by the dioceses in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas the nation's first black Episcopal bishop (1917); appointed member of the church's Joint Commission on Negro Work, influencing the General Convention of 1940 known for landmark decisions on the status of blacks in the Episcopal Church; died 14 October 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States)