M. George Henry

Matthew George Henry (October 25, 1910 – March 19, 1975) was the third diocesan bishop of Western North Carolina in The Episcopal Church, serving from September 29, 1948, until his death.

Henry was born on October 25, 1910, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Dr George Kenneth Grant, professor of Latin and later assistant registrar at the University of North Carolina, and Mary Elizabeth Harding who was descendant from a line of Episcopal clergymen.

He became a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and after graduation he held a teaching fellowship at the University of South Carolina.

That same year, in 1936, Henry transferred to Calvary Church in Tarboro, North Carolina to serve as its rector.

He was consecrated on September 29, 1948, at Trinity Church in Asheville, North Carolina by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker.