James Loughlin Duncan, the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, was born September 11, 1913, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Robert Duncan and his wife, Mary Duncan.
Education
James Loughlin Duncan attended Emory University and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1935 and an Master of Arts in 1936. He studied theology at the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee and received a Bachelor of Divinity in 1939, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1962.
Career
He died July 20, 2000, a resident of Coral Gables, Florida. In 1936.
James L. Duncan was ordained to the diaconate in 1938 and to the priesthood in 1939. In 1969, he was elected the first bishop of the newly formed Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and served until he retired in 1980.
After retirement, Bishop Duncan remained active in the Diocese.
He served on the board of Trinity Episcopal School (now Palmer Trinity School) and taught seventh grade religion there from 1983 to 1985. The Duncan Center in Delray Beach, Florida is named in his honor.
James L. Duncan married Evelyn Burgess on July 27, 1943. They had three children.
She died in January 1967, and Bishop Duncan married Elaine Lucille Beisler Gaither on October 7, 1967 (Elaine is the maternal grandmother of actor Billy Crudup).