Michael Henley
{{Short description|Anglican bishop}}
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| church = Scottish Episcopal Church
| diocese = Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
| term = 1994 to 2004
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| consecration = 4 March 1994
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| birth_name = Michael Harry George Henley
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Michael Harry George Henley, CB (16 January 1939 – 21 March 2014){{Cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/175461/henley|title = HENLEY - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements}} was an Anglican bishop. He was a chaplain of the Royal Navy and the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Early life and education
Ordained ministry
=Early ministry=
He was ordained deacon in 1961, priest in 1963Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Marylebone Parish Church.
=Chaplaincy service=
He was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1964 to 1969[Scottish Episcopal Church directory 2012/2013 {{ISBN|0-905573-91-9}}] and then a chaplain to Anglican students of St Andrews University from 1969 to 1972 and of the Royal Hospital School 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.Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}}
=Later ministry=
He was then the priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Pitlochry from 1994 to 1996[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/scottish-episcopal-church-appointments-1415035.html Scottish Episcopal Church appointments] before his ordination to the episcopate on 4 March 1995.Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}} Until 2013, he was also the honorary chaplain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Honours
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/52563/supplements/2/page.pdf London Gazette] He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC) from 1989 to 1994,Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000, Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}} he retired in 2004.
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Category:People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School
Category:Chaplains of the Fleet
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Honorary chaplains to the King
Category:Bishops of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Category:20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops
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