Mike Edson

{{short description|British Church of England priest|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{for|the U.S, Marine Corps general nicknamed "Red Mike"|Merritt A. Edson}}

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Michael Edson (called Mike; born 2 September 1942) is a British Church of England priest; he was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1994 to 2002.Church news. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, January 29, 2002; pg. 16; Issue 67360

Edson was educated at the University of Birmingham and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was ordained deacon in 1972, and priest in 1973.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} After a curacy at St Peter, Barnstaple he was Team Vicar of Barnstaple from 1977 to 1982. He was Vicar of Roxbourne from 1982 to 1989; and Area Dean of Harrow from 1985 to 1989. He was Warden of Lee Abbey from 1989 to 1994 before his time as Archdeacon of Leicester; and Rector of Torridge afterwards. In retirement, from 2014 to 2015, he was Acting Archdeacon of Barnstaple.‘EDSON, Ven. Michael’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14660, accessed 5 July 2016]