The Right Reverend Thomas Suther | |
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Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Aberdeen and Orkney |
Elected | 1865 |
In office | 1865-1883 |
Successor | Arthur Douglas |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1837 |
Consecration | 1865 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 23 January 1883 Sanremo, Liguria, Italy | (aged 68)
Nationality | Scottish |
Denomination | Anglican |
Thomas George Spink Suther (5 February 1814 – 23 January 1883) was the Scottish Episcopalian bishop of Aberdeen from 1857 to 1865 and first bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1865 to 1883.[2][3][4][5]
Suther was born in Edinburgh to Deputy Inspector General Peter Suther, M.D. who was posted to Nova Scotia when his son was an infant. His father was a doctor in the Royal Navy and was stationed at Halifax c.1814-1829. Sutherland was educated at King's College, Windsor in Halifax and ordained in 1837.[6][7][8]
At age 21, Suther moved to Scotland and became a curate in St Paul's and St George's Church, Edinburgh, for 19 years.[9] After curacies in Edinburgh and at St James Scottish Episcopal Church in Leith[10] he came to St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen in 1856.[9] He died at San Remo on 23 January 1883.[11]
In 1835, Suther married Catherine Fraser, daughter of James Fraser.[8]