Michael Henley
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Michael Harry George Henley CB[1] (16 January 1938[2] - 21 March 2014)[3] was an Anglican bishop. He was a chaplain of the Royal Navy and the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Henley was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School[4] and the London College of Divinity. He was ordained deacon in 1961, priest in 1962[5] and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Marylebone Parish Church. He was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1964 to 1968[6] and then a chaplain to Anglican students of St Andrews University from 1968 to 1972 and of the Royal Hospital School from 1972 to 1974. He returned to the navy in 1972, becoming its Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1989 to 1993, during which period he was also appointed honorary Canon of Gibraltar Cathedral. From 1992 to 1993 he served as Director-General to Naval Chaplaincy Services.[7]
He was then the priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Pitlochry from 1994 to 1995[8] before his ordination to the episcopate on 4 March 1995.[9]
An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1989 to 1993,[10] he retired in 2004. Until 2013 he was also the honorary chaplain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews.
References
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/175461/henley
- ↑ Burke’s
- ↑ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ [Scottish Episcopal Church directory 2012/2013 ISBN 0-905573-91-9]
- ↑ Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ↑ Scottish Episcopal Church appointments
- ↑ Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ↑ Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, ISBN 0-567-08746-8
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| Preceded by | Chaplain of the Fleet 1989–1993 |
Succeeded by Michael Bucks |
| Preceded by | Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1995–2004 |
Succeeded by David Chillingworth |
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