PRINCIPAL CLERK DESIGNATE ANNOUNCED

The Church of Scotland has announced the selection of the Rev Dr George Whyte as the next Principal Clerk to the General Assembly.

Dr Whyte is clerk to the Presbytery of Edinburgh and, since 2011, has held the part-time role of Depute Principal Clerk.

The appointment will have to be confirmed by the General Assembly.

Dr Whyte said: “I am honoured to have been chosen by the selection panel. If the Assembly approves my appointment, I will seek to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Church as together we face up to the challenges of our day.”

Dr Whyte was ordained in 1981 as minister of Kilchrenan and Dalvich with Muckairn Argyll. He has also been minister at Langside in Glasgow and Colinton in Edinburgh, before taking on the role as Presbytery Clerk in Edinburgh in 2008. He was Convener of the Board of Ministry between 1996 and 2000.

The role of the Principal Clerk is to act as the Clerk to the General Assembly, which includes advising the Assembly and the Moderator on church law, practice and procedure.

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