Edmund P. Dandridge

The Right Reverend Edmund Pendleton Dandridge D.D.
Bishop of Tennessee
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Tennessee
In office	1947–1953
Predecessor	James M. Maxon
Successor	Theodore N. Barth
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee (1938-1947)
Orders
Ordination	December 1908 by George William Peterkin
Consecration	September 20, 1938 by Henry St. George Tucker
Personal details
Born	(1881-09-05)September 5, 1881 Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
Died	January 28, 1961(1961-01-28) (aged 79) Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Buried	Norborne Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Lemuel Purnell Dandridge & Isabelle Lawrence
Spouse	Mary Robertson Lloyd (m. Oct. 6, 1909)
Children	2

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 Flushing, Queens, New York, 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 George William Peterkin, Bishop of West Virginia. He served as rector of Christ Church in Nashville, Tennessee. On April 20, 1938, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee and was consecrated on September 20, 1938, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker. 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.

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.