Kenneth Mackenzie (bishop of Argyll and The Isles)
Kenneth Mackenzie (10 June 1863 – 20 April 1945) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Lord Mackenzie, he was educated at Loretto School and Keble College, Oxford[1] and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1891.[2]
The Right Reverend Kenneth Mackenzie | |
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Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
In office | 1907–1942 |
Predecessor | Alexander Chinnery-Haldane |
Successor | Thomas Hannay |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1891 |
Consecration | 1907 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 20 April 1945 Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland | (aged 81)
Buried | St John's Cathedral, Oban |
Nationality | Scottish |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Donald Mackenzie & Janet Alice Mitchell |
Spouse | Alice White |
Children | 6 |
His ecclesiastical career began as a curate at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England, after which he began a 12-year stint at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: being successively curate, rector and its first provost when it achieved cathedral status in 1905.[3]
In 1907 he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, a post he held until 1942.[4]
In 1897 he married Alice White (1865–1944), daughter of James Farquhar White of Balruddery, Perthshire. They had two sons and four daughters, including Kenneth Nigel Mackenzie who later went on to become the minister of Oban Cathedral (1901–1964).
References
edit- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 18 July 1905; p. 10; Issue 37762; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence
- ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p 352 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8