Frederick Goldie

The Right Reverend Frederick Goldie
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Glasgow and Galloway
In office	1974–1980
Predecessor	Francis Moncreiff
Successor	Derek Rawcliffe
Orders
Ordination	1939 by John How
Consecration	22 November 1974 by Richard Wimbush
Personal details
Born	(1914-09-01)1 September 1914 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	23 October 1980(1980-10-23) (aged 66) Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John & Maria Goldie
Spouse	Margaret Baker McCrae (m. 1940)
Children	2
Alma mater	Hatfield College, Durham

Frederick Goldie (1 September 1914 – 23 October 1980) was a Scottish Anglican bishop.

Early life and education

Goldie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 1 September 1914, the son of John and Maria Goldie. He was educated at Hatfield College, Durham, from where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree and a Licentiate of Theology in 1938 and a Master of Arts in 1946. He also studied at the Edinburgh Theological College between 1934 and 1938. He then studied at the New College, Edinburgh of the University of Edinburgh, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1939.^[1]

Goldie was ordained deacon in 1938 and priest in 1939 by the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.^[2] He served as a curate at the Good Shepherd Church in Hillington between 1938 and 1946, after which he became rector of the same church, remaining there until 1949. Between 1944 and 1946, he also served as priest-in-charge of Ascension Church in Glasgow. In 1949, he was appointed rector of St Augustine's Church in Dumbarton. He was a lecturer at the Edinburgh Theological College from 1940 until 1963. In 1963, he became Dean of Glasgow and Galloway, and subsequently rector of St Margaret's Church, until 1974.^[3]

In 1974, he was elected Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway and was consecrated on 22 November 1974 at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.

A noted ecclesiastical historian,^[4] he died in post.^[5]

^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Crockfords, 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1940
^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
^ See his "A History of the Episcopal Church in Scotland" London, SPCK 1951 British Library website accessed 12:18 GMT 20 December 2010
^ "Right Rev Frederick Goldie", The Times, 28 October 1980, p. 14.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Eric Brereton	Dean of Glasgow and Galloway 1963 – 1974	Succeeded by Samuel Singer
Preceded by Francis Moncreiff	Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway 1974 – 1980	Succeeded by Derek Rawcliffe

v t e Deans of Glasgow and Galloway
William Routledge William Wade William Wilson Alexander Henderson Richard Oldham John Moir Frederic Ridgeway Watson Reid Michael Hutchison Edward Reid Colin Campbell im Thurn Charles Beard Philip Lempriere William Haworth Eric Brereton Frederick Goldie Samuel Singer Douglas Reid Gregor Duncan Ian Barcroft

v t e Bishops of Glasgow and Galloway
Michael Russell Walter Trower William Wilson William Harrison Ean Campbell Edward Reid Russell Darbyshire John How Francis Moncreiff Frederick Goldie Derek Rawcliffe John Taylor Idris Jones Gregor Duncan Kevin Pearson

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