Alastair Haggart

Who is Alastair Haggart?

The Rt Rev'd Alastair Iain Macdonald Haggart was an eminent Anglican priest.

Haggart was born on 10 October 1915 and educated at Hatfield College and Edinburgh Theological College. Ordained in 1942, he began his career with curacies at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow and St Mary’s Hendon. He was Precentor at St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth from 1948 to 1951. After this he was Rector of St Oswald’s, King's Park, Glasgow and then Acting Priest-in-Charge of St Martin’s, Glasgow. In 1959 he became Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, a post he held until 1971 when he became Principal and Pantonian Professor of his old theological college.

He became Bishop of Edinburgh in 1975; and Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland in 1977. He retired from both posts in 1985 and died on 11 January 1998.