Hospital Chaplains, Edinburgh Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

List of duties; routines and timetables; visiting etiquette; scriptural texts; list of Church property; annual and Christmas accounts; baptism, confirmation and burials registers; annual returns 1939-1960; graphs relating to activities 1927-1962

Prior to Herbert T. Coles's appointment in 1940, Episcopalian hospital patients were visited by ministers on a rota basis. As well as providing cover for normal church services, the principal duty of the Supernumerary and Hospital Chaplain was to make Communion and pastoral visits to those receiving care in a variety of institutions in and around Edinburgh. Initially over 20 local institutions were visited and, in 1960, a second Chaplain was appointed (Rev. C. F. Crichton).

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National Archives of Scotland (Scottish Record Office), July 1991

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

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