Sarah Murray (priest)

{{short description|British Anglican priest}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Very Reverend

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| title = Provost of Inverness Cathedral

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| church = Scottish Episcopal Church

| diocese = Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness

| term = October 2017 to present

| predecessor = Alex Gordon

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| alma_mater = University of Aberdeen

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Sarah Elisabeth Murray (born 3 December 1970) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2017, she has served as Provost of Inverness Cathedral in the Scottish Episcopal Church.{{Crockford| surname = Murray | forenames = Sarah Elisabeth | id = 2827 | accessed = 11 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Murray, Very Rev. Sarah Elisabeth |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-290713 |website=Who's Who 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=11 May 2019 |date=1 December 2018}}{{cite web |title=New Vice-Provost installed in Inverness Cathedral |url=https://www.scotland.anglican.org/new-vice-provost-installed-inverness-cathedral/ |website=The Scottish Episcopal Church |accessdate=11 May 2019 |date=7 July 2016}}

Early and personal life

Murray was born on 3 December 1970 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. She was educated at St Mary's Hall, an all-girls private school in Brighton.

Ordained ministry

Murray studied at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2012, and trained for ordination at the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church. She was ordained as a deacon in 2013 and as a priest in 2014. From 2013 to 2016, she served as a curate in the Isla Deveron Group in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.

In July 2016, Murray was installed as the Vice-Provost of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, Inverness (commonly called Inverness Cathedral). She became Provost of Inverness Cathedral in October 2017.{{cite web |title=For Rev. Sarah Murray, installed as Provost today. |url=https://morayepiscopalchurch.scot/prayer_diary_entry/rev-sarah-murray-installed-provost-today/ |website=The United Diocese of Moray, Ross & Caithness |accessdate=11 May 2019 |date=18 October 2017}}

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