Michael Eldon
Michael Hartley Eldon (8 August 1931 - 11 February 2011) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1][2]
Born on 8 August 1931 [3] and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge he was ordained in 1955.[4] After curacies in Nassau he spent nine years on Grand Bahama, becoming archdeacon of the island. In 1971 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of New Providence[5] and a year later the first Bahamian[6] Bishop of Nassau,[7] resigning 24 years later.
Notes
- ↑ Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas
- ↑ "Rt. Rev’d. Michael Hartley Eldon" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ St George’s, Nassau web-site
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, Feb 26, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58412; col B Church News
- ↑ Nassau Guardian
- ↑ Anglican church in the Bahamas
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| Preceded by Bernard Markham |
Bishop of Nassau 1972 –1996 |
Succeeded by Drexel Gomez |
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