Alex D. Dickson

American Anglican bishop

Alex Dockery Dickson Jr. (September 9, 1926 – November 14, 2021) was an American Anglican bishop. He was first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee from 1983 to 1994. He was Bishop in Residence in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina at the Anglican Church in North America in his last years.

The Right Reverend

Alex Dockery Dickson

D.D.
Bishop of West Tennessee
Dickson at his consecration as a bishop in 1983
ChurchEpiscopal Church
Anglican Church in North America
DioceseWest Tennessee
ElectedJanuary 22, 1983
In office1983-1994
SuccessorJames Malone Coleman
Orders
OrdinationDecember 1, 1958
by Duncan Montgomery Gray Sr.
ConsecrationApril 9, 1983
by John Allin
Personal details
Born(1926-09-09)September 9, 1926
Alligator, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 2021(2021-11-14) (aged 95)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
DenominationAnglican
Spouse
Charlotte Nell Perkins
(died 1995)
  • Georgie Maude Wicks
Children
  • Alex D. Dickson III
  • John Dickson
  • Charles Dickson

Dickson died on November 14, 2021 in Charleston, South Carolina at the age of 95.[1]

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