John Archibald (priest)


Very Rev. John Archibald was an eminent Scottish Anglican priest and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was born in Inveresk near Musselburgh, educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Aberdeen University and ordained in 1870. He was Curate of St John's Church, Darwen then the incumbent at St John's Church, Wick. In 1876, he became Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Keith, and later a Canon of Inverness Cathedral. He was appointed Dean of Moray, Ross, and Caithness in May 1902.
He retired in 1912 and died in Birmingham, England, aged 75.