Sarah Murray (priest)

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Sarah Murray
Provost of Inverness Cathedral
Church Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness
In officeOctober 2017 to present
Predecessor Alex Gordon
Personal details
Born (1970-12-03) 3 December 1970 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
Alma mater University of Aberdeen

Sarah Elisabeth Murray (born 3 December 1970) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2017, she has served as Provost of Inverness Cathedral in the Scottish Episcopal Church. [1] [2] [3]

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Early and personal life

Murray was born on 3 December 1970 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. She was educated at St Mary's Hall, an all-girls private school in Brighton. [2]

Ordained ministry

Murray studied at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2012, and trained for ordination at the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church. [1] She was ordained as a deacon in 2013 and as a priest in 2014. [1] From 2013 to 2016, she served as a curate in the Isla Deveron Group in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. [2]

In July 2016, Murray was installed as the Vice-Provost of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, Inverness (commonly called Inverness Cathedral). [3] She became Provost of Inverness Cathedral in October 2017. [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sarah Elisabeth Murray" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Murray, Very Rev. Sarah Elisabeth". Who's Who 2019 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "New Vice-Provost installed in Inverness Cathedral". The Scottish Episcopal Church. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. "For Rev. Sarah Murray, installed as Provost today". The United Diocese of Moray, Ross & Caithness. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.