The Right Reverend Michael Hare Duke TSSF | |
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Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane |
In office | 1969–1994 |
Predecessor | John Howe |
Successor | Michael Henley |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1953 |
Consecration | 1969 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 15 December 2014 Perth, Scotland | (aged 90)
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Grace Lydia Frances Dodd |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke (28 November 1924 – 15 December 2014) was an Anglican bishop [1] [2] and author: [3] a former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Born 28 November 1924, [4] he was educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford. [5]
He was a Sub-Lieutenant in the RNVR from 1944 to 1946.
Hare Duke was ordained deacon in 1952 and priest a year later. [6] He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at St John's Wood [7] after which he was Vicar of St John with St Mark, Bury. [8] He was Pastoral Director for the Clinical Theology Association after which he was Vicar of St Paul's, Daybrook.
He was elevated to the episcopate in 1969 [9] as the 9th Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. He retired in 1994.
He was a member of the Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis (TSSF), having made his profession in 1950. [10]