Alexander Viets Griswold (April 22, 1766 – February 15, 1843) was the 5th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States from 1836 until 1843.

Griswold served three small churches in Litchfield County and also taught school.

Griswold was chosen rector of St. Michael's Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1804.

[5] In 1876, the bodies of Griswold and his family were removed to the churchyard outside St. Paul's Church, in Dedham, Massachusetts.

He also published Discourses on the Most Important Doctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion (1830); The Reformation and the Apostolic Office (1843); and Remarks on Social Prayer Meetings (1858).