Alexander MacKenzie (priest) explained

Alexander MacKenzie
Birth Date:19 February 1876
Birth Name:Alexander Augustin Donald MacKenzie
Alma Mater:Hatfield College, Durham
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness

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 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 and References

  1. Web site: Am Baile - Highland History and Culture. 2020-07-15. www.ambaile.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Durham University calendar 1936-7. reed.dur.ac.uk. 12 March 2018. en.
  3. Book: Moyes . Arthur . Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University . 2007 . Hatfield Trust . 52.
  4. Book: Campbell . P. D. A. . A Short History of the Durham Union Society . 1952 . Durham County Press . 16.
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967–68 p 787 Oxford: OUP, 1967
  6. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  7. News: Deaths . . London, England . 31 December 1969 . 8 . 57755.