George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson (5 December 1922 – 26 September 1997) was a Scottish

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in the 20th century. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles and elected

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. Henderson was educated at the

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and ordained in 1945. He began his ordained ministry with a

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at Christ Church,

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, after which he was the

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of St Bride's

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and then the

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of St Andrew's Fort William. In 1973, he became

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of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and was appointed a

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(MBE) in 1974. In 1977 he became Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (diocesan bishop of the same diocese). He was elected

in 1990 and retired in 1992.

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1922 births 1997 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Anglican Church of Canada deans Provosts of the Cathedral of The Isles Bishops of Argyll and The Isles Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Oban High School Primuses of the Scottish Episcopal Church 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub