Bruce Cameron (bishop)
The Most Reverend Bruce Cameron | |
|---|---|
Frederick Charles Darwent | |
| Successor | Robert Gillies |
| Other post(s) | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (2000-2006) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1964 (Deacon) 1965 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 19 June 1992 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Bruce Cameron 2 May 1941 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Parents | Andrew Macintyre Cameron & Helen Adam McKechnie |
| Spouse | Elaine Gingles |
| Children | 2 sons |
Andrew Bruce Cameron (born 2 May 1941)
Cameron was born on 2 May 1941 in
Cameron was educated at
Cameron's quick advance in the church led him to become chaplain at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh from 1971 to 1975. During this period he was the diocesan and provincial youth chaplain. Between 1975 and 1982, he was rector of St Mary's Church in Dalmahoy, followed by Team Minister in Livingston from 1982 to 1988 and then the rector of St John's Church in Perth from 1988 to 1992.[3]
On 19 June 1992, he was
At the meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in February 2005, Cameron presented a summary of the worldwide responses to the Windsor Report on preserving the communion in the face of differences of opinion on sexuality.[4]
Cameron stepped down as Primus in April 2006 and retired as Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney at the end of June 2006 (as he reached the clerical retirement age of 65).
References
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
Rt Rev Bruce Cameron, Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, 2000–06, and Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, 1992–2006, 72
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-567-08746-8.
- ^ Presentation to the Anglican Primates. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
- ^ International guests bring global context to Jefferts Schori's investiture Archived 13 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.