David Lacy

David William Lacy DL (born 26 April 1952) is a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2005-6.

Background and career

Lacy was born in Inverness on 26 April 1952,^[1] attended Aberdeen Grammar School from 1963 to 1965 and completed his schooling at the Glasgow High School.

Lacy was ordained in 1976 whilst serving as Probationer at St George's West Church in Edinburgh. In 1977 he was inducted to Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church, Glasgow, his first charge. In 1989 he moved to become minister of Henderson Church, Kilmarnock.^[2] He is a former convener of the Assembly Board of Practice and Procedure, was Business Convener from 2001 to 2004, and served on the new Council of Assembly. His formal title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is the Very Reverend Dr David Lacy.

Other candidates

Lacy was one of five candidates considered by the Committee to Nominate the Moderator. The others were:^[3]

James Gibson, Minister at Bothwell Parish Church and a Chaplain to the Queen
Peter Neilson, Mission Developments Facilitator at the Church of Scotland Offices in Edinburgh
Loudon Blair, Minister at Galston Parish Church, Ayrshire
Erik Cramb, National Industrial Mission Organiser with the Church of Scotland

References

^ Lacy, Very Rev. David William. WHO'S WHO 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44985. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (pages 100 and 150), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6
^ "Queen's Chaplain on list to be moderator". The Herald newspaper. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

Religious titles
Preceded by Alison Elliot	Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2005–2006	Succeeded by Alan McDonald

[1] Lacy, Very Rev. David William. WHO'S WHO 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44985. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[2] Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (pages 100 and 150), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6

[3] "Queen's Chaplain on list to be moderator". The Herald newspaper. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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v t e Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Since reunification with the United Free Church of Scotland in 1929
1929–1950	John White Andrew Bogle John Graham Hugh Mackintosh Lauchlan Watt Peter Thomson Marshall Lang Daniel Lamont Dugald MacFarlane James Black Archibald Main James Forgan James Cockburn Charles Taylor John Baillie Edward Hagan Andrew Campbell John McKenzie Matthew Stewart Alexander Macdonald George Duncan
1950–1975	Hugh Watt William White Anderson George Johnstone Jeffrey James Pitt-Watson Ernest David Jarvis George Henderson Robert Scott George MacLeod John Fraser Robert Shepherd John Burleigh Archibald Campbell Craig Nevile Davidson James Stuart Stewart Duncan Fraser Archibald Watt Leonard Small William Roy Sanderson James Longmuir Thomas Murchison Hugh Douglas Andrew Herron Ronnie Selby Wright George T. H. Reid David Steel
1975–2000	James Gunn Matheson Thomas F. Torrance John Rodger Gray Peter Brodie Robert Barbour William Johnston Andrew Beveridge Doig John McIntyre Fraser McLuskey John M. K. Paterson David Smith Robert Craig Duncan Shaw Jim Whyte Bill McDonald Robert Davidson William Macmillan Hugh Wyllie James Weatherhead James Simpson James Harkness John McIndoe Sandy McDonald Alan Main John Cairns
Since 2000	Andrew McLellan John Miller Finlay Macdonald Iain Torrance Alison Elliot David Lacy Alan McDonald Sheilagh Kesting David Lunan William Hewitt John Christie David Arnott Albert Bogle Lorna Hood John Chalmers Angus Morrison Russell Barr Derek Browning Susan Brown Colin Sinclair Martin Fair Jim Wallace Iain Greenshields Sally Foster-Fulton Shaw Paterson Rosemary Frew

Background and career

Other candidates

See also

References