Michael Eldon

Michael Hartley Eldon (8 August 1931 - 7 February 2011) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1][2]

Born on 8 August 1931[3] to Sidney and Rowena Eldon, Eldon was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1955.[4] After curacies in Nassau, he spent nine years on Grand Bahama, becoming archdeacon of the island. In 1971, he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of New Providence[5].

In 1971, Eldon became the first Bahamian[6] Bishop of Nassau,[7] resigning 25 years later, after attaining retirement.

Notes

  1. ↑ Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas
  2. ↑ "Rt. Rev'd. Michael Hartley Eldon" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ St George’s, Nassau web-site Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Feb 26, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58412; col B Church News
  6. ↑ Nassau Guardian Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Anglican church in the Bahamas Archived 2011-02-15 at the Wayback Machine.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Bernard Markham		 Bishop of Nassau
1971 –1996		 Succeeded by
Drexel Gomez


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