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.[1][2][3][4]

The Reverend

Nicki McNelly
Provost of St John's Cathedral, Oban
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseDiocese of Argyll and The Isles
In office2012 to 2017
PredecessorNorman MacCallum
SuccessorTBA
Other postsRector of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh (2017–present)
Orders
Ordination2009 (deacon)
2010 (priest)
by Brian Smith
Personal details
Birth nameNicola Calder
Born (1962-05-01) 1 May 1962
Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
NationalityBritish
DenominationEpiscopalianism
Spouse
Iain McNelly
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(m. 1984)​
ChildrenTwo

Early life and education

Nicola Calder was born on 1 May 1962 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.[1][3] Her parents had separated before she was born, and she was brought up by her single mother.[5] The family attended the local Baptist Chapel.[5] When she was seven, her mother remarried and the family moved to Ebbw Vale.[5] There, they attended the local Presbyterian Church.[3]

McNelly was educated at Ebbw Vale Grammar School, a state grammar school in Ebbw Vale.[1] From 2007 to 2009, she trained for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Evangelical Anglican theological college.[1][2] She completed a Diploma in Theology and Ministry (DipTh) in 2009.[1]

Career

Early career

Having finished school, McNelly joined the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC): she served in the Intelligence Corps between 1980 and 1984.[1][3] Upon marriage, she took a short break from working and her later work would be dependent upon where her husband was stationed.[3] From 1986 to 1989, she was the school secretary at Mountbatten Primary School in Celle, West Germany.[1] From 1990 to 1993, she was a personal assistant (PA) to the Customer Services Director of Magnet Kitchens.[1] Between 2001 and 2004, she held a number of administrative positions with SSAFA Forces Help while living in Cyprus and Northern Ireland.[1] Then, from 2004 to 2007, she was a volunteer development manager for SSAFA in Northern Ireland.[1][3]

Ordained ministry

McNelly was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church as a deacon in 2009 and as a priest in 2010.[2] From 2009 to 2012, she was a curate and chaplain at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh in the Diocese of Edinburgh.[1][3] On 31 August 2012, she was installed as the new Provost of St John's Cathedral, Oban, one of two cathedrals of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles.[3] As provost, she was also the Rector of St James's Church, Ardbrecknish.[2] In 2013, she was additionally made a canon of the Cathedral of The Isles, the other cathedral in the diocese.[1] She left Oban to return to the Diocese of Edinburgh, and was installed as Rector of St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church, Colinton, Edinburgh on 6 July 2017.[4]

Personal life

In 1984 she married Iain McNelly.[1] He was also serving with the British Army and, as she could not join his unit or be guaranteed the same posting, she had to leave the WRAC.[3][5] Together they have two daughters.[1]

McNelly was baptised an Anglican in 2001.[3] She had attended Baptist and Presbyterian churches as a child.[5] In 2006, she was encouraged to seek ordination by the then Chaplain General who told her she was being "disobedient" by not answering her call to ordination from God.[3][5]

Styles

References
  1. '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 2016 accessed 23 November 2017
  2. "Nicola McNelly". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. "New Provost Installed in Oban". Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. "Who's Who". St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church Colinton. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. "Nicki McNelly's first sermon at St.Cuthbert's" (PDF). St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church Colinton. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by
Norman MacCallum		 Provost of St John's Cathedral, Oban
2012–2017		 Succeeded by
TBA
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