- Michael John Higgins
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Michael John Higgins OBE[1] was an Anglican priest.[2]
He was born on 31 December 1935, educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Cardiff, the University of Birmingham and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer in English Law at the University of Birmingham before preparing for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was a curate at Ormskirk Parish Church from 1965 to 1968[3] and then Selection Secretary for the Advisory Council for Church Ministry until 1974. He was Vicar of Frome and then Rector of Preston before his appointment as Dean of Ely in 1991, a post he held for 12 years.
References
- ^ BBC News
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 ISBN 0108153674
Church of England titles Preceded by
William James PattersonDean of Ely
1991 – 2003Succeeded by
Michael John ChandlerDeans of Ely 16th century Robert Steward Welles • Andrew Perne • John Bell • Humphrey Tyndall17th century Henry Caesar Adelmare • William Fuller • William Beale • Richard Love • Henry Ferne • Edward Martin • Francis Wilford • Robert Mapletoft • John Spencer • John Lamb • John Wickart18th century Charles Roderick • Robert Moss • John Frankland • Peter Allix • Hugh Thomas • William Cooke • William Pearce19th century James Wood • George Peacock • Harvey Goodwin • Charles Merivale • Charles William Stubbs20th century Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick • Lionel Edward Blackburne • Cyril Patrick Hankey • Michael Sausmarez Carey • Charles Allan Shaw • William James Patterson • Michael John Higgins21st century Michael John Chandler
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