Michael Doe

Michael Doe

The Rt Rev.Michael David Doe is the former Bishop of Swindon. He was born on Christmas Eve 1947 and educated at Durham University.[1] After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1973.[2] His career began with a curacy in St Helier after which he was Youth Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.[citation needed] He served as Rural Dean of Cowley, Oxfordshire from 1987-1989[3] and as a Canon Residentiary at Portsmouth Cathedral before his elevation to the Episcopate as Suffragan bishop of Swindon in 1994. From 2004 to 2011 he served as General Secretary of the USPG.[4] In the latter year he was appointed Preacher of Gray's Inn, one of the Inns of Court in London.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 9780713672576
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300
  3. ^ Fox, Dorothy.Blackbird Leys: A Thirty Year History Oxford. Page 34. 1990.
  4. ^ Brief profile
  5. ^ "Gray's Inn – Preacher". Gray's Inn. http://www.graysinn.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=3&id=155&Itemid=915. Retrieved 2011-06-09. 
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Peter James Firth
as Bishop of Malmesbury
Bishop of Swindon
1994–2004
Succeeded by
Lee Stephen Rayfield