Michael Hare Duke

The Right Reverend

Michael Hare Duke

TSSF
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Church Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
In office 1969–1994
Predecessor John Howe
Successor Michael Henley
Orders
Ordination 1953
Consecration 1969
Personal details
Born 28 November 1924
Died 15 December 2014 (aged 90)
Perth, Scotland
Nationality English
Denomination Anglican
Spouse Grace Lydia Frances Dodd
Children 4
Alma mater Trinity College, Oxford

Michael Geoffrey Hare Duke (28 November 1924 – 15 December 2014) was an Anglican bishop and author: a former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

Early life

Born 28 November 1924, 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. 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. 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 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.