Susan Brown (minister)


Susan Brown
Moderator of the General Assembly
Brown in 2019
ChurchChurch of Scotland
In officeMay 2018 – May 2019
PredecessorDerek Browning
SuccessorColin Sinclair
Other post(s)Chaplain-in-Ordinary (2012–present)
Orders
Ordination1985
Personal details
Born
Susan Marjory Attwell

(1958-12-12) 12 December 1958 (age 65)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish
DenominationPresbyterianism
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh

Susan Marjory Brown (born 12 December 1958) is a Scottish Presbyterian minister. She is the minister at Dornoch Cathedral and Honorary Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland. She was the first woman to take charge of a cathedral in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Thoroughly modern minister She is the first woman in charge of a cathedral, skates down the aisles, wraps children in toilet paper, and will be at the centre of attention at Madonna's wedding - oh, and she's a breath of fresh air in the Church o". The Herald. 16 December 2000. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Macdonald, Lesley Orr (1999). In good company: women in the ministry. Wild Goose Publications. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-901557-15-2. Retrieved 6 April 2011.