# Susan Macdonald

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{{Short description|Scottish priest (born 1951)}}
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| type             = Priest
| honorific-prefix = [The Very Reverend](/source/The_Very_Reverend)
| name             = Susan Macdonald
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| title            = Dean of Edinburgh
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| church           = [Scottish Episcopal Church](/source/Scottish_Episcopal_Church)
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| diocese          = [Diocese of Edinburgh](/source/Diocese_of_Edinburgh)
| term             = 2012 to 2017
| predecessor      = [John Armes](/source/John_Armes)
| successor        = [Frances Burberry](/source/Frances_Burberry)
| other_post       = [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of Christ Church, [Morningside, Edinburgh](/source/Morningside%2C_Edinburgh) (2007–present)
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'''Susan Elizabeth Macdonald''' (born 11 July 1951) is a Scottish [Anglican](/source/Anglican) priest. She has been [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of Christ Church, [Morningside, Edinburgh](/source/Morningside%2C_Edinburgh) since 2007. From 2012 to March 2017, she also served as the [Dean of Edinburgh](/source/Diocese_of_Edinburgh).<ref>[http://www.edinburgh.anglican.org/index.php/whats_on/news_entry/rev_susan_macdonald_installed_as_dean_of_Edinburgh Edinburgh Anglican]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Macdonald was born on 11 July 1951.<ref name="Who's Who 2016">{{cite web|title=MACDONALD, Very Rev. Susan Elizabeth|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U256604|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=11 July 2016|date=November 2015}}</ref> In 1993, she entered [Edinburgh Theological College](/source/Edinburgh_Theological_College), an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [theological college](/source/theological_college) to train for ordination in the [Scottish Episcopal Church](/source/Scottish_Episcopal_Church).<ref name="Crockford entry">{{Crockford| surname = Macdonald | forenames = Susan Elizabeth | id = 1957 | accessed = 11 July 2016}}</ref>

==Ordained ministry==
Macdonald was [ordained](/source/Ordained_Minister) in the [Scottish Episcopal Church](/source/Scottish_Episcopal_Church) as a [deacon](/source/Deacon) in 1996 and as a [priest](/source/Priest) in 1997.<ref name="Crockford entry" /> Between 1996 and 1998, she served her [curacy](/source/curate) as a [non-stipendiary minister](/source/non-stipendiary_minister) at St John the Evangelist, [Jedburgh](/source/Jedburgh) in the [Diocese of Edinburgh](/source/Diocese_of_Edinburgh).<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="Crockford entry" /> Then, from 1998 to 2001, she was a priest of St Peter's Church, [Galashiels](/source/Galashiels).<ref name="Who's Who 2016" />

Macdonald was appointed to head her first church in 2001; that year, she became [priest in charge](/source/priest_in_charge) of [Gordon Chapel](/source/Gordon_Chapel), [Fochabers](/source/Fochabers).<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="Crockford entry" /> From 2001 to 2004, she was also co-ordinator of Mission 21 for the [Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness](/source/Diocese_of_Moray%2C_Ross_and_Caithness).<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> She was a [Canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Inverness Cathedral](/source/Inverness_Cathedral) from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> She was [Missioner](/source/Missioner) for the [Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney](/source/Diocese_of_Aberdeen_and_Orkney) from 2004 to 2007.<ref>[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 2008/9 p 883: London, [Church House](/source/Church_House_Publishing), 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1029-4}}</ref>

Since 2007, she has been the [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of Christ Church, [Morningside, Edinburgh](/source/Morningside%2C_Edinburgh).<ref>[http://www.christchurchmorningside.org/ Church website]</ref> In March 2012, it was announced that she would be the next [Dean of Edinburgh](/source/Diocese_of_Edinburgh) and therefore the first female dean in the Scottish Episcopal Church.<ref name="ACNS Dean">{{cite web|title=First female Dean is to be appointed in Edinburgh Diocese|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2012/03/first-female-dean-is-to-be-appointed-in-edinburgh-diocese.aspx|website=Anglican Communion News Service|publisher=Anglican Communion Office|accessdate=11 July 2016|date=26 March 2012}}</ref> She was [installed](/source/Installation_(Christianity)) as [Dean](/source/Dean_(Christianity)) on 13 May 2012 at a service in [Edinburgh Cathedral](/source/St_Mary's_Cathedral%2C_Edinburgh_(Episcopal)).<ref name="ACNS Dean" /> On 5 March 2017, she stepped down as dean and was succeeded by [Frances Burberry](/source/Frances_Burberry).<ref>{{cite web|title=A New Dean for Edinburgh|url=http://edinburgh.anglican.org/2017/01/a-new-dean-for-edinburgh/|website=Diocese of Edinburgh|accessdate=7 April 2017|date=January 2017}}</ref>

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