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Michael Hartley Eldon (8 August 1931 - 7 February 2011) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. [1] [2]

Born on 8 August 1931 [3] to Sidney and Rowena Eldon, Michael was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; he was ordained in 1955. [4] After curacies in Nassau, he spent nine years on Grand Bahama, becoming archdeacon of the island. In 1971, he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of New Providence. [5]

In 1971, Eldon became the first Bahamian [6] Bishop of Nassau, [7] resigning 25 years later, after attaining retirement.

Notes

  1. ↑ Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas
  2. ↑ "Rt. Rev'd. Michael Hartley Eldon" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ St George’s, Nassau web-site Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Feb 26, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58412; col B Church News
  6. ↑ Nassau Guardian Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Anglican church in the Bahamas Archived 2011-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
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Preceded by Bishop of Nassau
1971 –1996		Succeeded by


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