Denis Philip Bovey (2 December 1929 – 13 March 2023) was
Provost of
St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, from 1983 to 2008.
Bovey was educated at
Ely Theological College and
ordained
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in 1954. After
curacies
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in
Southwick, Sunderland and
West Hartlepool
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The former town was originally formed in ...
, he served in
Strichen,
Old Deer
Old Deer ( sco, Auld Deer, gd, Dèir) is a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The population in 2011 was 152. The village lies on the Deer or South Ugie Water, west of Peterhead and from Mintlaw.
Industries ...
,
Longside and
Inverurie. Bovey died on 13 March 2023, at the age of 93.
References
1929 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests
21st-century Scottish Episcopalian priests
Alumni of Ely Theological College
Deans of Aberdeen and Orkney
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