Duncan MacInnes explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Duncan MacInnes
Honorific-Suffix:MBE, MC
Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese:Moray, Ross and Caithness
Elected:1952
Term:1953-1970
Predecessor:Piers Holt Wilson
Successor:George Sessford
Ordination:1927
Consecration:13 January 1953
Birth Date:1897
Death Date:9 August 1970 (aged 73)
Nationality:Scot
Religion:Anglican
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Alma Mater:Edinburgh Theological College

Duncan MacInnes (1897 – 9 August 1970) was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1] [2]

Biography

MacInnes was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1927.[3] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Columba's Clydebank, after which he was curate in charge of Knightswood.[4] He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II and then Dean of Argyll and The Isles.[5] In 1953 he became the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, a post he held until his death in 1970. The eleven bells of Inverness Cathedral were restored as a memorial to Bishop Macinnes.

Notes and References

  1. [The Times]
  2. Web site: Gordon Chapel . 5 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425141358/http://rgu-sim.rgu.ac.uk/history/gordonchapel/people.htm . 25 April 2012 . dead .
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  5. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897–2007]