Michael Eldon

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

Born on 8 August 1931 [2] and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge he was ordained in 1955.[3] 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[4] and a year later the first Bahamian[5] Bishop of Nassau,[6] resigning 24 years later.

Notes

  1. Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas
  2. St George’s, Nassau web-site
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. The Times, Saturday, Feb 26, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58412; col B Church News
  5. Nassau Guardian
  6. Anglican church in the Bahamas
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Bernard Markham
Bishop of Nassau
1972 –1996
Succeeded by
Drexel Gomez