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Harold Miller (bishop)

Harold Miller (bishop)

Irish Anglican bishop


Harold Creeth Miller (born 23 February 1950) is a retired Irish Anglican bishop. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland. Coming from a Methodist background, he was elected bishop in 1997 and was considered to represent an evangelical position within the Church.[1]

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Ordained ministry

Miller was ordained in the Church of Ireland as a deacon in 1976 and as a priest in 1977.[2] From 1976 to 1979, he served his curacy at Saint Nicholas' Church, Carrickfergus, Belfast, in the Diocese of Connor.[2] He then moved to England, where he was director of extension studies and chaplain of St John's College, Nottingham between 1979 and 1984.[3] He returned to Belfast, and was a chaplain at Queen's University Belfast from 1984 to 1989.[4] In 1989, he returned to parish ministry having been appointed Rector of the Carrigrohane Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.[2][3] He was also a Canon of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral (Cork Cathedral) from 1994 to 1997.[2]

Miller was elected Bishop of Down and Dromore on 18 February 1997.[5] He was consecrated a bishop on 25 April 1997.[6]

On 20 June 2019 he announced his decision to retire.[7]

He is regarded as theologically conservative and was one of the two bishops of the Church of Ireland, with Ferran Glenfield, to attend GAFCON III, held on 17–22 June 2018, in Jerusalem.[8]

Involvements within the Church of Ireland

Involvements beyond the Church of Ireland

Publications


References

  1. "Harold Creeth Miller". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. "Down and Dromore, Bishop of". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U14048. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. "About Us - Bishop Harold Miller". Diocese of Down and Dromore. July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. "New Bishop of Down and Dromore". Church of Ireland. 18 February 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. "Ordination and consecration of Bishop of Down and Dromore". Church of Ireland. 17 April 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

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