Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Gregor Duncan | |
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway | |
Church: | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Elected: | 16 January 2010 |
Term: | 2010-2018 |
Predecessor: | Idris Jones |
Successor: | Kevin Pearson |
Ordination: | 1984 |
Ordained By: | Douglas Feaver |
Consecration: | 23 April 2010 |
Consecrated By: | David Chillingworth |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1950 |
Parents: | Edwin John Duncan, Janet Brown |
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Alma Mater: | University of Glasgow Clare College, Cambridge |
Gregor Duthie Duncan (born 11 October 1950) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church who served as the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 2010 to 2018.
Duncan was born on 11 October 1950.[1] He was educated at Allan Glen's School, a boys' state selective school in Glasgow. He went on to study at the University of Glasgow and Clare College, Cambridge. He studied for the priesthood at Ripon College Cuddesdon.[2]
He was ordained deacon in 1983 and priest in 1984 by the Bishop of Peterborough. He began his ordained ministry as an assistant curate at Oakham.[3] After this he was chaplain of Edinburgh Theological College followed by rector of St Columba's, Largs,[4] then St Ninian's, Pollokshields, in Glasgow. He was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway until his appointment to the episcopate in 2010.[5]
On 16 January 2010, he was elected Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.[6] He was consecrated and installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow on 23 April 2010.[7]
Gregor Duncan suffered a stroke in January 2017.[8]
He announced his retirement in 2018, with a valedictory Choral Evensong taking place on 7 October 2018 at St Mary's Cathedral.[9]