Michael Adie

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Michael Adie

CBE
Bishop of Guildford
DioceseDiocese of Guildford
In office1983–1994
PredecessorDavid Brown
SuccessorJohn Gladwin
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Lincoln
1977–1983
Orders
Ordination1955
Consecrationc. 1983
Personal details
Born(1929-11-22)22 November 1929
Died4 March 2024(2024-03-04) (aged 94)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseAnne Devonald Roynon
ChildrenThree daughters, one son; Elizabeth Devonald; Andrew Mark Devonald; Margaret Rosamond Devonald; Helen Catherine Devonald. 11 Grandchildren. 5 great grandchildren.
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford

Michael Edgar Adie, CBE (22 November 1929 – 4 March 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of Guildford from 1983 until his retirement in 1994.

Biography

Michael Edgar Adie was born in Romford, Essex on 22 November 1929, the son of Walter Granville Adie and Kate Emily Adie (née Parrish).[1] He was educated at Westminster School and St John's College, Oxford. He is a distant relative of the broadcaster and journalist Kate Adie.[2]

Adie was ordained in 1955 and after a curacy at St Luke, Pallion, Sunderland[3] he became Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. After that he was Vicar of St Mark, Sheffield,[4] Rural Dean of Hallam, Rector of Louth, and Archdeacon of Lincoln[5] before being elevated to the episcopate.

Adie played a significant role in introducing the measure in General Synod that led to the ordination of women priests. He was Chairman of the General Synod Board of Education and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours for services to education.[6]

After retiring from Guildford, he became honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chichester in 1996 and, in 1995, of Portsmouth, where, in the latter diocese, he lived at Froxfield, Hampshire.[7]

In 1957, he married Anne Devonald Roynon (1930–2013); they had three daughters and one son. Michael Adie died of pneumonia on 4 March 2024, at the age of 94.[8][9]

Notes

  1. ^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ Guildford Diocesan Herald
  3. ^ Church web site Archived 25 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2004/2005 (98th ed.). Church House Publishing. 2003. ISBN 0-7151-8129-7. ADIE, The Rt Revd Michael Edgar. b.29. CBE94. St Jo Coll Ox BA52 MA56 Surrey Univ DUniv95. Westcott Ho Cam 52. d.54 p.55 c.83.
  6. ^ "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Michael Edgar Adie". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. ^ "The Rt Rev Michael Edgar Adie CBE". The Times. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  9. ^ "The Right Rev Michael Adie obituary, bishop who supported vote on women's ordination". The Times. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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1983–1994 		Succeeded by


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