Douglas Cameron (bishop)

Douglas Maclean Cameron (born 23 March 1935) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century and the very start of the 21st.

The Right Reverend

Douglas Cameron
Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseArgyll and The Isles
In office1993-2004
PredecessorGeorge Henderson
SuccessorMartin Shaw
Orders
Ordination1963
Consecration1993
Personal details
Born (1935-03-23) 23 March 1935
NationalityScottish
DenominationAnglican

Biography

Born on 23 March [1] and educated at Edinburgh Theological College and the University of the South,[2] he was ordained (after National Service in the RAF) in 1963.[3] He began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Falkirk[4] after which he was a Missionary in Papua New Guinea eventually rising to be its Archdeacon. Returning to the UK he was Priest in charge of St Fillan's, Edinburgh. Incumbencies at St Hilda's Edinburgh, St Mary's Dalkeith and St Leonard's Lasswade followed, before his appointment as Dean of Edinburgh in 1991. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles from 1993 to 2003.[5]

His brother Bruce Cameron was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1992 to 2006.

Notes
  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Burke’s peerage
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  5. Oban Times Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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