James Edward Dickey

James Edward Dickey (1864 – 1928) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1922.

James joined the Itinerant Ministry of the North Georgia Annual Conference of the M.E.

He was an adjunct professor of Mental and Moral Science at Emory College, beginning in 1891.

He then spent time in the pastorate, appointed to Grace M.E., South Church in Atlanta in 1899.

He was also elected the General Secretary of Education for his denomination in 1910, bet resigned to remain at Emory.

Bishop Dickey died 17 April after an appendectomy operation in Louisville, Kentucky.