Michael Harry George Henley, CB (16 January 1939 – 21 March 2014) was an

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. He was a

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of the

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and the

Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane The Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. The see is located at St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Scotland.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th ed ...

Early life and education

Henley was born on 16 January 1938. He was educated at

St Marylebone Grammar School St Marylebone Grammar School (SMGS) was a grammar school located in the London borough of the City of Westminster. It was open from 1792 to 1981. History Philological School Founded as the Philological Society by Thomas Collingwood, under the ...

and the London College of Divinity.

Ordained ministry

Early ministry

He was

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deacon in 1961, priest in 1963 and began his ordained ministry as a

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St Marylebone Parish Church St Marylebone Parish Church is an Anglican church on the Marylebone Road in London. It was built to the designs of Thomas Hardwick in 1813–17. The present site is the third used by the parish for its church. The first was further south, near ...

Chaplaincy service

He was a

in the

from 1964 to 1969 and then a chaplain to Anglican students of

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from 1969 to 1972 and of the

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from 1972 to 1974. He returned to the navy in 1972, becoming its Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1989 to 1994, during which period he was also appointed honorary Canon of Gibraltar Cathedral. From 1992 to 1994, he served as Director-General to Naval Chaplaincy Services.

Later ministry

He was then the

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of Holy Trinity,

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from 1994 to 1996 before his ordination to the

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on 4 March 1995. Until 2013, he was also the honorary chaplain of

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Honours

He was appointed

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(CB). He was an

Honorary Chaplain to the Queen An Honorary Chaplain to the King is a member of the clergy within the United Kingdom who, through long and distinguished service, is appointed to minister to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch of the United Kingdom. When the reigning mona ...

(QHC) from 1989 to 1994,''Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000'', Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, he retired in 2004.

References

1938 births 2014 deaths People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School Chaplains of the Fleet Companions of the Order of the Bath Honorary chaplains to the King Bishops of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops 21st-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub