Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke (28 November 1924 – 15 December 2014) was an Anglican bishopHoly Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Stirling: Rev. James Whitelaw McIntyre, B.D. (1974–93) and author:Amongst others, he wrote "The Caring Church", 1963; "First Aid in Counselling", 1968; "Understanding the Adolescent", 1969; "The Break of Glory", 1970; "Freud", 1972; "Good News", 1976; "Stories, Signs and Sacraments in the Emerging Church", 1982; "Praying for Peace", 1991; "Hearing the Stranger", 1994; and "One Foot in Heaven", 2001> British Library website accessed 19:01 GMT 13 May 2011 a former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Early life Born 28 November 1924,Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 he was educated at Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford.
He was a Sub-Lieutenant in the RNVR from 1944 to 1946.
Ordained ministry Hare Duke was ordained deacon in 1952 and priest a year later.Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at St John's Wood after which he was Vicar of St John with St Mark, Bury.SD8012 : St John with St Mark Church, Sunny Avenue, Bury (photo) He was Pastoral Director for the Clinical Theology Association after which he was Vicar of St Paul's, Daybrook.
He was elevated to the episcopate in 1969 Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000 Bertie, D. M: Edinburgh T & T Clark as the 9th Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. He retired in 1994.
He was a member of the Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis (TSSF), having made his profession in 1950.
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