Mike Edson

{{short description|British Church of England priest|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{for|the U.S, Marine Corps general nicknamed "Red Mike"|Merritt A. Edson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Portal|Christianity}} '''Michael Edson''' (called Mike; born 2 September 1942) is a [[British people|British]] [[Church of England]] priest; he was [[Archdeacon of Leicester]] from 1994 to 2002.<ref>''Church news.'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Tuesday, January 29, 2002; pg. 16; Issue 67360</ref>

Edson was educated at the [[University of Birmingham]] and the [[College of the Resurrection|College of the Resurrection, Mirfield]]. He was [[ordained]] [[deacon]] in 1972, and [[priest]] in 1973.<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> After a [[Curate|curacy]] at [[St Peter's Church, Barnstaple|St Peter, Barnstaple]] he was [[Team Vicar]] of Barnstaple from 1977 to 1982. He was [[Vicar]] of [[Roxbourne]] from 1982 to 1989; and [[Rural Dean|Area Dean]] of [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] from 1985 to 1989. He was [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of [[Lee Abbey]] from 1989 to 1994 before his time as [[Archdeacon of Leicester]]; and [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Torridge District|Torridge]] afterwards. In retirement, from 2014 to 2015, he was [[Archdeacon of Barnstaple|Acting Archdeacon of Barnstaple]].<ref>‘EDSON, Ven. Michael’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14660, accessed 5 July 2016]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Archdeacons of Leicester}} {{Archdeacons of Barnstaple}}

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