Douglas Cameron

Douglas Maclean Cameron (born 23 March 1935) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century and the very start of the 21st.

Born on 23 Marchand educated at Edinburgh Theological Collegeand the University of the South,he was ordained (after National Service in the RAF) in 1963. He began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Falkirkafter which he was a Missionaryin Papua New Guinea eventually rising to be its Archdeacon. Returning to the UK he was Priest in charge ofSt Fillan's, Edinburgh. Incumbencies atSt Hilda's Edinburgh, St Mary's Dalkeithand St Leonard's Lasswade followed, before his appointment as Dean of Edinburgh in 1991. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles from 1993 to 2003.

His brother Bruce Cameron was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1992 to 2006.