February 1939-1946 A.D. Logie Danson—Scots Episcopal Minister, Bishop of Edinburgh (1939-1946) and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1943-1946)
February 1939-1946 A.D. Logie Danson—Scots Episcopal Minister, Bishop of Edinburgh (1939-1946)
and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1943-1946)
Logie Danson
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He was born into a
distinguished clerical family[2] on 14 June 1880 and educated at Trinity
College, Glenalmond and Aberdeen
University. He was ordained in 1906 and began his career with a curacy at St
Paul's Cathedral, Dundee.[3] From 1906 he was a Missionary Priest in Southeast Asia eventually becoming Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak.[4] He then returned to England as a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle
Cathedral[5] before being appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. He was then elected Bishop of
Edinburgh in 1939.[6] Four years later he became Primus of
Scotland,[7] a post he held to his death on 9 December 1946.[8]
References
2.
Jump up^ His father was the Very Rev. J. M. Danson, Dean of
Aberdeen and Orkney “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3.
Jump up^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M:
Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
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Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak
1917 – 1931 |
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Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral,
Edinburgh
1938 – 1939 |
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Bishop of Edinburgh
1939 – 1946 |
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Primus of the Scottish Episcopal
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1943 – 1946 |
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