Bruce Duncan, (born 28 January 1938) is a retired Anglican priest, chaplain, and

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. From 1995 to 2002, he was the first Principal of

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, an ecumenical

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Early life and education

Duncan was born on 28 January 1938 to Andrew Allan Duncan and of Dora Duncan (''née'' Young). He was educated at St Albans School, then an all-boys independent school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He studied at the

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1960. In 1965, he

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into

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, an Anglo-Catholic

near Oxford. For the next two years, he studied theology and trained for Holy Orders.

Career

Charity work

Duncan's first career was in the charity sector. In 1959, he founded Children's Relief International (CRI) with Bernard Faithfull-Davies: CRI ran holiday camps for deprived children, and merged into

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in the 1970s. He served as director of CRI from 1960 to 1962. He also founded the Northorpe Hall Trust in 1962, and served as its director from 1962 to 1965. Now known as the Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust, it works with "children facing challenges to their emotional well-being and mental health".

Ordained ministry

Duncan was

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in the

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as a

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on 21 May 1967 by

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. He was ordained as a

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on 9 June 1968 by

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. From 1967 to 1969, he served his

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at St Bartholomew's Church, Armley, an

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church in the

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. During this time, he was also curate-in-charge of the Church of St Mary of Bethany, Leeds. He then returned to his charity work, once more as Director of Children's Relief International, and also held two short-term posts: he was honorary curate of St Mary the Less, Cambridge from 1969 to 1970, and Chaplain to the Order of the Holy Paraclete in

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, Yorkshire, from 1970 to 1971. In 1971, Duncan moved to the

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and was based at Christ Church, Vienna. From 1971 to 1975, he also served as chaplain to the British ambassadors to Austria, to Hungary, and to Czechoslovakia. In 1975, Duncan returned to England and joined the

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of the Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who Hung Thereon, Crediton. He was additionally

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of Cadbury between 1976 and 1981. His parish joined with another in 1982 and he became

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of Crediton and Shobrooke. He once more served as Rural Dean of Cadbury, from 1984 to 1986. Duncan left Devon in 1986 when he was appointed a Residentiary Canon of Manchester Cathedral. In July 1995, it was announced that he had been appointed the Director of

, an ecumenical

in the Diocese of Salisbury. Taking up the post that year, he was also made a Canon and

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of Salisbury Cathedral. By 1998, his position had been renamed as Principal of the college. He retired from full-time ministry in September 2002, and was succeeded as principal by Tim Macquiban. Though formally retired in 2002, Duncan has led an active retirement. He held

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in the Diocese of Exeter from 2002 to 2008. From 2003 to 2004, he was the Lazenby and St Luke's Chaplain at the

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. He has been a

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in the UK for the Bishop of North East Caribbean and Aruba since 2006. He has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Salisbury since 2008 and in the Diocese in Europe since 2010. He has been an honorary curate at the Church of St Martin, Salisbury from 2010 to 2015.

Personal life

In 1966, Duncan married Margaret Holmes Smith. Together they have three daughters.

Honours

In the

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, Duncan was appointed a

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(MBE) "for services to the Care of Young People". He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree by the

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in 2002. On 8 November 2004, he was awarded the

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by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Bruce 1938 births Living people 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests Recipients of the Cross of St Augustine Members of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of Cuddesdon College Heads of colleges in the United Kingdom Academics of Sarum College