Alexander MacKenzie (priest)

Alexander Augustin Donald MacKenzie (19 February 1876 – 1 July 1969) was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness from 1918 to 1949.

Alexander MacKenzie
Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
Installed1918 (1918)
Term ended1949 (1949)
Orders
Ordination1905 (1905)
Personal details
Born
Alexander Augustin Donald MacKenzie

(1876-02-19)19 February 1876
Died1 July 1969(1969-07-01) (aged 93)
Alma materHatfield College, Durham

Mackenzie studied theology at Durham University on a scholarship, and was a member of Hatfield College there. As a student he was active in Durham University Boat Club, serving as both Secretary and President by 1903. He also became Senior Man of Hatfield and President of the Durham Union for Epiphany term of 1903. Mackenzie was ordained in 1905.

He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Mark's Church, Leicester. He was Precentor of Inverness Cathedral from 1911 to 1918 when he became provost.

He died aged 92 in 1969.

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