Douglas Cameron (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Douglas Cameron
Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese:Argyll and The Isles
Term:1993-2004
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Predecessor:George Henderson
Successor:Martin Shaw
Ordination:1963
Consecration:1993
Birth Date:23 March 1935
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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 and References

  1. [Who's Who]
  2. http://www.burkespeerage.com/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=CAMERON-AZ-93 Burke’s peerage
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  5. http://obantimes.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/3441/Bishop_of_Argyll_and_the_Isles_retires.html Oban Times