Alexander MacKenzie (priest)
Alexander MacKenzie | |
|---|---|
| Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Installed | 1918 |
| Term ended | 1949 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1905 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Augustin Donald MacKenzie 19 February 1876 |
| Died | 1 July 1969 (aged 93) |
| Alma mater | Hatfield College, Durham |
Alexander Augustin Donald MacKenzie (19 February 1876 – 1 July 1969) was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness from 1918 to 1949.[1]
Mackenzie studied theology at Durham University on a scholarship, and was a member of Hatfield College there.[2] As a student he was active in Durham University Boat Club, serving as both Secretary and President by 1903.[3] He also became Senior Man of Hatfield[3] and President of the Durham Union for Epiphany term of 1903.[4] Mackenzie was ordained in 1905.[5]
He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Mark's Church, Leicester. He was Precentor of Inverness Cathedral from 1911 to 1918 when he became provost.[6]
He died aged 92 in 1969.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Am Baile - Highland History and Culture". www.ambaile.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Durham University calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University. Hatfield Trust. p. 52.
- ^ Campbell, P. D. A. (1952). A Short History of the Durham Union Society. Durham County Press. p. 16.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967–68 p 787 Oxford: OUP, 1967
- ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 57755. London, England. 31 December 1969. p. 8.
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