Sheilagh Kesting | |
|---|---|
| Moderator of the General Assembly | |
| Church | Church of Scotland |
| In office | May 2007 to May 2008 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 1980 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1953 Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland |
| Education | Nicolson Institute |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Sheilagh Kesting (born 10 June 1953) is a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland. She served as Moderator of the General Assembly from May 2007 to May 2008. She was the first female minister to be elected Moderator; she was the second woman as a female elder, Alison Elliot, had been elected for the 2004/2005 session. Since 1993, she has been based at the Church of Scotland Offices in Edinburgh as the full-time Secretary of the Church of Scotland Committee on Ecumenical Relations. She retired in September 2016 and was created a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope Francis in November 2016 in recognition of her exceptional service to the Holy See, and as a result of her commitment to ecumenism in Scotland.[1]