Murdoch MacKenzie

For the mapmaker, see Murdoch MacKenzie (cartographer).

Murdoch MacKenzie (Scottish Gaelic: Muireadhach MacCoinnich; died 1688) was a 17th-century Scottish minister and prelate.

Biography

Born around 1600, his family was an offshoot of the kin of the earls of Seaforth. After being ordained by John Maxwell, Bishop of Ross, he served as a chaplain in a regiment of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden during the Thirty Years' War. He returned from Germany to become parson (i.e. rector) of the parish of Contin in Ross, moving to take charge of the church of Inverness, and then taking over as minister of Elgin. Following the Restoration and re-establishment of Episcopacy, MacKenzie was selected to be the new Bishop of Moray on 18 January 1662. He was translated to the bishopric of Orkney on 14 February 1677.

Personal

He died in either February or March 1688. He married the daughter of Dòmhnall Mac an Lèigh (Anglicised: Donald Macaulay), bailie of the burgh of Fortrose, by whom he fathered several children.

References

Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924), pp. 152–3, 228

Church of Scotland titles
Preceded by Vacant last preceded by John Guthrie	Bishop of Moray 1662–1677	Succeeded by James Aitken
Preceded by Andrew Honyman	Bishop of Orkney 1677–1688	Succeeded by Andrew Bruce

Bishops of Moray

Pre-Reformation

Post-Reformation

Church of Scotland	George Douglas Alexander Douglas (younger)§ John Guthrie Murdoch MacKenzie James Aitken Colin Falconer Alexander Rose William Hay

Scottish Episcopal	William Hay William Dunbar George Hay§ William Falconer Arthur Petrie Andrew Macfarlane Alexander Jolly David Low Robert Eden

§ non consecrated, titular, or doubtful bishops or unsuccessful coadjutors

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