Sarah Murray (priest)

The Very Reverend

Sarah Murray
Provost of Inverness Cathedral
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseDiocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness
In officeOctober 2017 to present
PredecessorAlex Gordon
Personal details
Born (1970-12-03) 3 December 1970 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materUniversity 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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sarah Elisabeth Murray". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Murray, Very Rev. Sarah Elisabeth". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "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.