Douglas Milmine
British Anglican bishop
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Douglas Milmine CBE (3 May 1921 – 28 February 2017) was the Anglican Bishop of Paraguay from 1973 to 1985.[1]
Douglas Milmine CBE | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Paraguay | |
| Church | Church of England |
| In office | 1973–1985 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1947 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1921 |
| Died | 28 February 2017 (aged 95) |
| Spouse | Margaret Rosalind Whitley |
| Children | 4 |
Education
Milmine was educated at Sutton Valence School and St Peter's Hall, Oxford; and was ordained in 1947.[2]
War service
Milmine served in the Royal Air Force Reserves from 1941 to 1945. In 1943, while commanding a Halifax bomber, he was shot down over Germany. He evaded capture for several days, heading overland into the Netherlands, where he was captured. He was held as a Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III until the end of the war. He later told his school's magazine "Actually, it wasn't that bad – if you could survive boarding at an English public school then you could survive prison camp!"[3]
Ministry
Milmine began his ordained ministry with curacies at St Philip and St James in Ilfracombe[4] and St Paul's at Slough.[5]
In 1954 he moved to South America where he served in Chile, Bolivia and Peru and finally (until his ordination to the episcopate) as Archdeacon of North Chile, Bolivia and Peru.[6]
On his return to England, Milmine retired to Eastbourne, and served as an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Chichester.[7]
