Duncan MacInnes

{{Short description|Scottish Anglican bishop}}

{{For|the Canadian military officer|Duncan Sayre MacInnes}}

{{For|the American chemist|Duncan A. MacInnes}}

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Duncan MacInnes {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MBE|MC}} (1897 – 9 August 1970) was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century.The Times, Monday, 3 December 1962; pg. 14; Issue 55564; col B Marries couple at Holy Trinity Stirling{{Cite web |url=http://rgu-sim.rgu.ac.uk/history/gordonchapel/people.htm |title=Gordon Chapel |access-date=5 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425141358/http://rgu-sim.rgu.ac.uk/history/gordonchapel/people.htm |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Biography

MacInnes was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1927.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Columba's Clydebank, after which he was curate in charge of Knightswood.”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}} He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II and then Dean of Argyll and The Isles."Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} In 1953 he became the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, a post he held until his death in 1970. The eleven bells of Inverness Cathedral were restored as a memorial to Bishop Macinnes.

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Category:20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops

Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire

Category:Recipients of the Military Cross

Category:Deans of Argyll and The Isles

Category:Bishops of Moray, Ross and Caithness

Category:1897 births

Category:1970 deaths

Category:Scottish military chaplains

Category:World War II chaplains

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Category:Alumni of Edinburgh Theological College

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