Background
He was born on 6 August 1944, educated at Dunfermline High School, Edinburgh University and Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1970.
He was born on 6 August 1944, educated at Dunfermline High School, Edinburgh University and Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1970.
University of Edinburgh.
His first post was as Assistant Priest at Saint Mary"s Cathedral, Glasgow after which he was Vicar of Grantham. From 1981 to 1991 he was Provost of Saint Mary"s Cathedral, Glasgow;and from then until 2002 of Street Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness. In that year he became Vicar of Eaton Bray with Edlesborough and in 2004 Rural Dean of Dunstable, retiring from both posts in 2009.