Michael John Higgins

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

was an

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priest. He was born on 31 December 1935, educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Cardiff, the University of Birmingham and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was a

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at the University of Birmingham before preparing for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Ormskirk Parish Church from 1965 to 1968 Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 and then Selection Secretary for the Advisory Council for Church Ministry until 1974. He was Vicar of Frome and then

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before his appointment as Dean of Ely in 1991, a post he held for 12 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Michael 1935 births People educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Cardiff Alumni of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Birmingham Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Deans of Ely Officers of the Order of the British Empire Living people