Duncan MacInnes

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The Right Reverend

Duncan MacInnes

MBE, MC
Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseMoray, Ross and Caithness
Elected1952
In office1953-1970
PredecessorPiers Holt Wilson
SuccessorGeorge Sessford
Orders
Ordination1927
Consecration13 January 1953
Personal details
Born1897
Died9 August 1970 (aged 73)
NationalityScot
DenominationAnglican
Alma materEdinburgh Theological College

Duncan MacInnes MBE, MC (1897 – 9 August 1970) was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1][2]

Biography

MacInnes was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1927.[3] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Columba's Clydebank, after which he was curate in charge of Knightswood.[4] He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II and then Dean of Argyll and The Isles.[5] In 1953 he became the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, a post he held until his death in 1970. The eleven bells of Inverness Cathedral were restored as a memorial to Bishop Macinnes.

References

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, 3 December 1962; pg. 14; Issue 55564; col B Marries couple at Holy Trinity Stirling
  2. ^ "Gordon Chapel". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
  4. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  5. ^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Religious titles
Preceded by Dean of Argyll and The Isles
1946 – 1953 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness
1953 – 1970 		Succeeded by


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