The Rev Dr Angus Morrison, minister of Orwell and Portmoak Church in the Presbytery of Perth, has been named the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
He will take up the office in May next year.
Born in Glencoe in 1953, he was educated in Oban, Stromness and Edinburgh before progressing to Glasgow University. He later undertook further studies at Pisa University and London University before a PhD at Edinburgh University (New College).
Dr Morrison’s church career began when he was ordained in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1979 but, after ministries in Oban and Edinburgh, he transferred to the Church of Scotland, became the minister of St Columba’s Old Parish Church in Stornoway and is now minister at Orwell and Portmoak Parish Church.
He has a degree in classics, speaks Italian and Gaelic, and is married to Marion, a primary school teacher in Fife.
The couple have four children between the ages of 16 and 27.
“I really am amazed and deeply moved to have this honour laid on me,” Dr Morrison said. “I am truly humbled by the trust that has been placed in me.”
