Douglas Maclean Cameron (born 23 March 1935) was an eminent

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bishop in the second half of the 20th century and the very start of the 21st.

Biography

Born on 23 March and educated at

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and

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, he was ordained (after National Service in the RAF) in 1963. He began his career with a curacy at Christ Church,

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after which he was a Missionary in Papua New Guinea eventually rising to be its

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. Returning to the UK he was Priest in charge of St Fillan's, Edinburgh. Incumbencies at St Hilda's Edinburgh, St Mary's

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and St Leonard's

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followed, before his appointment as Dean of Edinburgh in 1991. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles from 1993 to 2003.Oban Times
His brother Bruce Cameron was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1992 to 2006.

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1935 births Living people Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Anglican archdeacons in Oceania Deans of Edinburgh Bishops of Argyll and The Isles 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops 21st-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops Alumni of Edinburgh Theological College Provosts of the Cathedral of The Isles {{Anglican-bishop-stub