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Nicki McNelly
Nicola McNelly (née Calder; born 1 May 1962) is a British Anglican priest. From 2012 to 2017, she was the Provost of St John's Cathedral, Oban in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Since 2017, she has been Rector of St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.'McNELLY, Very Rev. Nicola', '' Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, November 201accessed 23 November 2017/ref> Early life and education Nicola Calder was born on 1 May 1962 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales. Her parents had separated before she was born, and she was brought up by her single mother. The family attended the local Baptist Chapel. When she was seven, her mother remarried and the family moved to Ebbw Vale. There, they attended the local Presbyterian Church. McNelly was educated at Ebbw Vale Grammar School, a state grammar school in Ebbw Vale. From 2007 to 2009, she trained for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverend
The Reverend is an honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'' but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism. The term is an anglicisation of the Latin ''reverendus'', the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ''revereri'' ("to respect; to revere"), meaning " ne who isto be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''The Honourable'' or ''The Venerable''. It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and most Catholic bishops are usually styled ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |