The Rt Revd George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson MBE (5 December 1921 – 26 September 1996)[1][2] was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles and elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Henderson was educated at the University of Edinburgh and ordained in 1945.[3] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at Christ Church, Glasgow, after which he was the priest in charge of St Bride’s Nether Lochaber and then the rector of St Andrew’s Fort William.[4] In 1973, he became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1974.[5] In 1977 he became Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (diocesan bishop of the same diocese). He was elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1990 and retired in 1992.
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| Preceded by George James Cosmo Douglas |
Dean of Argyll and The Isles 1973–1977 |
Succeeded by Charles MacAlester Copland |
| Preceded by Richard Wimbush |
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles 1977–1992 |
Succeeded by Douglas Cameron |
| Preceded by Lawrence Luscombe |
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1990–1992 |
Succeeded by Richard Holloway |
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