Murdoch MacKenzie
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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
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Moray 1662–1677 |
Succeeded by James Aitken |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Orkney 1677–1688 |
Succeeded by Andrew Bruce |
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- 1600 births
- 1688 deaths
- Bishops of Moray
- Bishops of Orkney
- People from Ross and Cromarty
- Scottish military chaplains
- Thirty Years' War chaplains
- Scottish Restoration bishops
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1661–63
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1665
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–74
