George Henderson (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
George Henderson
Honorific Suffix:M.B.E.,
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese:Argyll and The Isles
Elected:1977
Term:1977–1992
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Predecessor:Richard Wimbush
Successor:Douglas Cameron
Other Post:Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1990–1992)
Ordination:1945
Ordained By:John How
Consecration:30 November 1977
Consecrated By:Alastair Haggart
Birth Date:5 December 1922
Birth Place:Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parents:George Buchanan Henderson & Anna Kennedy Butters
Spouse:Isobel Bowman
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Alma Mater:University of Edinburgh

George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson (5 December 1922 – 26 September 1997)[1] [2] was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles and elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Henderson was educated at the University of Edinburgh and ordained in 1945.[3] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at Christ Church, Glasgow, after which he was the priest in charge of St Bride's Nether Lochaber and then the rector of St Andrew's Fort William.[4] In 1973, he became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1974.[5] In 1977 he became Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (diocesan bishop of the same diocese). He was elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1990 and retired in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897–2007]
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-the-right-rev-george-henderson-1357516.html?cmp=ilc-n Obituary: George Kennedy Buchanan
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  5. News: Obituaries: The Right Rev George Henderson . . 9 October 1996 . 2009-11-10 . London . Ian . MacLeay.