Susan Macdonald | |
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Dean of Edinburgh | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Edinburgh |
In office | 2012 to 2017 |
Predecessor | John Armes |
Successor | Frances Burberry |
Other posts | Rector of Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh (2007–present) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 July 1951 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | Edinburgh Theological College |
Susan Elizabeth MacDonald (born 11 July 1951) is a Scottish Anglican priest. She has been Rector of Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh since 2007. From 2012 to March 2017, she also served as the Dean of Edinburgh. [1]
Macdonald was born on 11 July 1951. [2] In 1993, she entered Edinburgh Theological College, an Anglican theological college to train for ordination in the Scottish Episcopal Church. [3]
Macdonald was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. [3] Between 1996 and 1998, she served her curacy as a non-stipendiary minister at St John the Evangelist, Jedburgh in the Diocese of Edinburgh. [2] [3] Then, from 1998 to 2001, she was a priest of St Peter's Church, Galashiels. [2]
Macdonald was appointed to head her first church in 2001; that year, she became priest in charge of Gordon Chapel, Fochabers. [2] [3] From 2001 to 2004, she was also co-ordinator of Mission 21 for the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. [2] She was a Canon of Inverness Cathedral from 2003 to 2004. [2] She was Missioner for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney from 2004 to 2007. [4]
Since 2007, she has been the Rector of Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh. [5] In March 2012, it was announced that she would be the next Dean of Edinburgh and therefore the first female dean in the Scottish Episcopal Church. [6] She was installed as Dean on 13 May 2012 at a service in Edinburgh Cathedral. [6] On 5 March 2017, she stepped down as dean and was succeeded by the Frances Burberry. [7]
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Preceded by John Armes | Dean of Edinburgh 2012 – 2017 | Succeeded by Frances Burberry |