Michael Hartley Eldon (8 August 1931 - 7 February 2011) was an
Anglican
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bishop
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in the 20th century.
Born on 8 August 1931 to Sidney and Rowena Eldon, Michael was educated at
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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; he was ordained in 1955. After curacies in
Nassau
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Canada
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, he spent nine years on
Grand Bahama
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, becoming
archdeacon
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of the island. In 1971, he was appointed
Suffragan Bishop
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of
New Providence
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.
In 1971, Eldon became the first
Bahamian Bishop of Nassau,
Anglican church in the Bahamas
resigning 25 years later, after attaining retirement.
Notes
1931 births
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Grand Bahama
20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
Anglican bishops of Nassau
2011 deaths
Bahamian bishops
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