25 Ernest Hayes

Dates of Rectorship: 1950 – 1975

Before –
1927-1930: Attended Edinburgh Theological College
1931: Ordained Deacon
“”””: Assistant Curate at St. Ninian’s, Pollockshields
1932: Ordained Priest
1935: Priest-in-Charge at St. Barnabas’, Glasgow
1947: Rector at St. John’s, Ballachulish

After –
1975: Retired (as Rector; continued as Dean and at Drumlithie until death)

Birth –
Date: 1st July 1907
Place: Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland
Father: Joseph Hayes, Clothier
Mother: Marianne (Mary Anne) Newbury

Marriage –
Date: 18th February 1947
Place: St. Barnabas’, Camlachie
Spouse: Margaret Bell White

Death –
Date: 1983
Place: Stracathro Hospital, Brechin

Additional Information –
Personally appointed as Priest-in-Charge at St. John’s, Drumlithie in 1953. As mentioned above, he continued in this post after his formal retirement, until his death in 1983. He is buried at the churchyard there. Made Dean of the Diocese of Brechin in 1971, which he also continued as until 1983.

Oversaw the construction of both the church hall and Abbeyfield House; a retirement home built on land initially leased from the church.