Charles Gray Temple (March 11, 1914 – October 27, 1999) was eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, serving from 1961 to 1982.
He was educated at the Warren, Rhode Island, high school, and then at Brown University, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1935.
From 1938 till 1940, he served as curate at Calvary Church and the Edgecombe County missions in Tarboro, North Carolina.
In 1953, he transferred to Charlotte, North Carolina, to serve as rector of St Peter's Church.
Bishop Temple's episcopacy is well known for its progressive moves in the Diocese of South Carolina, notably regarding racial equality, and the ceasing of segregated churches and the archdeaconry for black people.