Michael Ernest Bowering (25 June 1935 – 25 April 2015) was

Archdeacon of Lindisfarne The Archdeacon of Lindisfarne is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the diocese of Newcastle of the Church of England. History The archdeaconry was formed by Order in Council on 2 September 1842 from part of the Diocese of Durham archdeaconry of ...

from 1987 until 2000. Bowering was educated at

Barnstaple Grammar School The Park Community School is a coeducational secondary school located in Barnstaple, Devon, England. History and houses It was founded in 1910 as Barnstaple Grammar School, and was the first secondary school to be built by Devon County Counci ...

;

Kelham Theological College Kelham is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire about northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 207. Historical Kelham i ...

; and

York St John University College , mottoeng = They may have life and have it more abundantly , established = , type = Public , administrative_staff = 618 , chancellor = Reeta Chakrabarti , vice_chancellor = Professor Karen Bryan , student ...

. After curacies in

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

and

New Earswick New Earswick is a model village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Foss, north of York and south of Haxby. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,812, redu ...

he held incumbencies at Brayton and

Saltburn by the Sea Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town A seaside resort is a town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditat ...

. He was a

Canon Residentiary A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

York Minster The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbis ...

from 1981 to 1987.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing ().

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1935 births 2015 deaths People educated at Barnstaple Grammar School Archdeacons of Lindisfarne Alumni of York St John University Alumni of Kelham Theological College {{York-archdeacon-stub