Alastair Iain Macdonald Haggart was an eminent Anglican priest.[1]
Haggart was born on 10 October 1915 and educated at Hatfield College [2] and Edinburgh Theological College. Ordained in 1942, he began his career with curacies at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow and St Mary’s Hendon.[3] He was Precentor at St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth from 1948 to 1951. After this he was Rector of St Oswald’s, King's Park, Glasgow [4] and then Acting Priest-in-Charge of St Martin’s, Glasgow. In 1959 he became Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, a post he held until 1971 when he became Principal and Pantonian Professor of his old theological college.
He became Bishop of Edinburgh in 1975;[5] and Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland in 1977. He retired fom both posts in 1985 and died on 11 January 1998.
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| Preceded by John Chappell Sprott |
Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee 1959 –1971 |
Succeeded by Lawrence Edward Luscombe |
| Preceded by Kenneth Moir Carey |
Bishop of Edinburgh 1975 –1985 |
Succeeded by Richard Frederick Holloway |
| Preceded by Richard Knyvet Wimbush |
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1977 –1985 |
Succeeded by Lawrence Edward Luscombe |
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