Michael Doe

Who is Michael Doe?

Michael David Doe is the Preacher of Gray's Inn and a former Bishop of Swindon.

Doe was born on Christmas Eve 1947 and educated at Durham University. After studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1973. He was a curate in St Helier after which he was Youth Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. He served as Rural Dean of Cowley, Oxfordshire from 1987-1989 and as a canon residentiary at Portsmouth Cathedral before his ordination to the episcopate as suffragan bishop of Swindon in 1994. From 2004 to 2011 he served as General Secretary of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. In 2011 he was appointed Preacher of Gray's Inn, one of the Inns of Court in London. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bath.