Douglas Cameron (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

Douglas Cameron
Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles
Church Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese Argyll and The Isles
In office1993-2004
Predecessor George Henderson
Successor Martin Shaw
Orders
Ordination1963
Consecration1993
Personal details
Born (1935-03-23) 23 March 1935 (age 89)
Nationality Scottish
Denomination Anglican

Douglas Maclean Cameron (born 23 March 1935) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century and the very start of the 21st.

Biography

Born on 23 March [1] and educated at Edinburgh Theological College and the University of the South, [2] he was ordained (after National Service in the RAF) in 1963. [3] He began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Falkirk [4] after which he was a Missionary in Papua New Guinea eventually rising to be its Archdeacon. Returning to the UK he was Priest in charge of St Fillan's, Edinburgh. Incumbencies at St Hilda's Edinburgh, St Mary's Dalkeith and St Leonard's Lasswade followed, before his appointment as Dean of Edinburgh in 1991. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles from 1993 to 2003. [5]

His brother Bruce Cameron was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1992 to 2006.

Notes

  1. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ↑ Burke’s peerage
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  4. ↑ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN   0-567-08746-8
  5. ↑ Oban Times Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Dean of Edinburgh
1991 – 1992		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
1993 – 2003		Succeeded by


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