Gordon Taliaferro Charlton Jr. (September 29, 1923 – February 1, 2020) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as Suffragan Bishop of Texas between 1982 and 1989.
He then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944 and then a Master of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1949.
[2] Charlton was ordained deacon on July 5, 1949, at St Mark's Church, in San Antonio by his uncle Bishop Everett Holland Jones of West Texas.
He returned to the United States in 1963 and became rector of St Andrew's Church in Wilmington, Delaware.
[5] Charlton was elected Suffragan Bishop of Texas on March 7, 1982, during the fourth ballot of the special council which took place in Christ Church Cathedral.