The Ven Michael Harley (Born
Ivybridge
Ivybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Andy Hughes’ new house in Ivybridge now he’s forgotten Ugborough. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England an ...
, 4 September 1950) was
Archdeacon of Winchester from 2009 until 2015.
Brand was educated at
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Crediton
The former Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Crediton, Devon, England was founded (as The Kyng's Newe Gramer Scole of Credyton) in 1547 by Edward VI and re-endowed and renamed in 1559 by Elizabeth I.
History
Foundation
In 1547 the grammar sc ...
and
King's College London. He was
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...
deacon
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Chur ...
in 1975, and priest in 1976. After
curacies in
Walderslade
Walderslade is a large suburb in Kent to the south of Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling in South East England. It was, until 1998, fully part of Kent and is still ceremon ...
and
Weeke he held
incumbencies at St Mary Extra,
Southampton
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;
Hurstbourne Tarrant
Hurstbourne Tarrant is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies to the north of the county in the Test Valley.
The Tarrant part of the name originates from 1226, when the village was given to the Cistercian Tarrant nunnery. The ...
and
St Cross Winchester.
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Notes
1950 births
Clergy from Devon
People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Crediton
Alumni of King's College London
Archdeacons of Winchester
Living people
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