Kenneth Mackenzie (bishop of Brechin) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Kenneth Mackenzie
Bishop of Brechin
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese:Brechin
Term:1935–1943
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Predecessor:Walter Robberds
Successor:Eric Graham
Ordination:1902
Consecration:1935
Birth Date:16 September 1876
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Kenneth Donald Mackenzie (16 September 1876 – 1 October 1966)[1] was an eminent Anglican priest and author[2] in the middle third of the 20th century.[3]

He was educated at Radley and Hertford College, Oxford[4] and ordained in 1902.[5] He served curacies at All Hallows', East India Docks[6] and St John's, Upper Norwood. From 1905 to 1910 he was Fellow, Dean and Chaplain of Pembroke College, Oxford.[7] After a further curacy at St Mary Magdalene's, Paddington he became Vicar of Selly Oak in 1915, a post he held for five years. From 1923 to 1934 he worked for the Anglo-Catholic Congress. After that he was a canon residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral[8] until his elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Brechin,[9] serving until 1943.

Notes and References

  1. The Rt. Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie The Times Monday, 3 October 1966; p. 12; Issue 56752; col G
  2. Amongst others he wrote "The Fruit of the Spirit", 1937; "The Meaning of Churchmanship", 1940; "Everyman’s Religion", 1945; "The Background of the Church of England", 1952; and "The Prayer Book Epistles", 1957 > British Library website accessed 18:18 GMT 8 August 2011
  3. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p 352 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
  4. [The Times]
  5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  6. Web site: Anglican Churches in Poplar, Middlesex in 1890 . 8 August 2011 . 31 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231142217/http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Poplar/churches.htm . dead .
  7. [The Times]
  8. [The Times]
  9. Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Brechin Elected The Times Friday, 8 February 1935; p. 17; Issue 46983; col E