Philip Menzie Duncan II (born December 6, 1944) is an American prelate who served as the third Episcopal Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast from 2001 until 2015."Bishop Philip Duncan: Finding the way forward", AL.com, 24 April 2010. Retrieved on 28 February 2020.
Biography Duncan was born on December 6, 1944, in Glen Cove, New York, the son of Scottish parents Philip Duncan (1915-1998) and Jessie Duncan (1917-2007). He studied at Baldwin Wallace University, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, and the General Theological Seminary from where he earned his Master of Divinity. He also received a Doctor of Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Divinity from General Theological, the University of the South and the Virginia Seminary, respectively. In 1970 he married Kathlyn Anne Cowie and together they had two sons.Hutchinson, Mary Foster (2016). Holy Heritage: An Informal History of the Cathedral Church of St. Matthew in Dallas, Texas, Its Ancestry, and the City It Serves. WestBow Press, Bloomington, IN. .
Duncan was ordained in 1970 and became associate rector of Christ Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey. In 1972 he became rector of St John's Church in Clearwater, Florida, while in 1992 he moved to Dallas, Texas, to become Dean of St Matthew's Cathedral. He was elected Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast in 2001 and was consecrated on May 12, 2001 with Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold as chief consecrator. He retained the post till his retirement in 2015."Bishop Philip Duncan to Retire", The Living Church, 2 August 2013. Retrieved on 28 February 2020.
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