Michael Edgar Adie, CBE (22 November 1929 – 4 March 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of Guildford from 1983 until his retirement in 1994.
[1] He was educated at Westminster School and St John's College, Oxford.
[2] Adie was ordained in 1955 and after a curacy at St Luke, Pallion, Sunderland[3] he became Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
After that he was Vicar of St Mark, Sheffield,[4] Rural Dean of Hallam, Rector of Louth, and Archdeacon of Lincoln[5] before being elevated to the episcopate.
Adie played a significant role in introducing the measure in General Synod that led to the ordination of women priests.