Michael Hare Duke

Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke (28 November 1924 – 15 December 2014) was an Anglican bishop[1][2] and author:[3] a former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

The Right Reverend Michael Hare Duke TSSF
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
In office	1969-1994
Predecessor	John Howe
Successor	Michael Henley
Orders
Ordination	1953
Consecration	1969
Personal details
Born	28 November 1924 Calcutta, India
Died	15 December 2014 (aged 90) Perth, Scotland
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Grace Lydia Frances Dodd
Children	4
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

Early life

Born 28 November 1924,[4] he was educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford.[5]

He was a Sub-Lieutenant in the RNVR from 1944 to 1946.

Ordained ministry

Hare Duke was ordained deacon in 1952 and priest a year later.[6] He began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at St John's Wood [7] after which he was Vicar of St John with St Mark, Bury.[8] He was Pastoral Director for the Clinical Theology Association after which he was Vicar of St Paul's, Daybrook.

He was elevated to the Episcopate in 1969 [9] as the 9th Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. He retired in 1994.

He was a member of the Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis (TSSF), having made his profession in 1950.[10]

Notes

1. "Bishop Michael Hare Duke RIP". The Scottish Episcopal Church. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Stirling: Rev. James Whitelaw McIntyre, B.D. (1974–93)
3. Amongst others, he wrote "The Caring Church", 1963; "First Aid in Counselling", 1968; "Understanding the Adolescent", 1969; "The Break of Glory", 1970; "Freud", 1972; "Good News", 1976; "Stories, Signs and Sacraments in the Emerging Church", 1982; "Praying for Peace", 1991; "Hearing the Stranger", 1994; and "One Foot in Heaven", 2001> British Library website accessed 19:01 GMT 13 May 2011
4. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
5. "Rt. Rev. Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke". Frost's Scottish Who's Who. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
6. Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. "Parish of St John's Wood: Copy curate's licence for Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke MA for the parish church of St Stephen, Portland Town (St John's Wood Chapel)". The National Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
8. SD8012 : St John with St Mark Church, Sunny Avenue, Bury (photo)
9. Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000 Bertie, D. M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
10. "Deaths & Obituaries". Third Order, Society of Saint Francis. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.