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Scottish Anglican bishop For the Canadian military officer, see Duncan Sayre MacInnes. For the American chemist, see Duncan A. MacInnes.

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.

Biography

MacInnes was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1927. He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Columba's Clydebank, after which he was curate in charge of Knightswood. He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II and then Dean of Argyll and The Isles. 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 byJames Courtney Bevin Dean of Argyll and The Isles
1946 – 1953
Succeeded byGeorge James Cosmo Douglas
Preceded byPiers Holt Wilson Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness
1953 – 1970
Succeeded byGeorge Minshull Sessford
Deans of Argyll and The Isles
Bishops of Moray, Ross and Caithness


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