Iain Torrance

The Very Reverend Sir Iain Torrance KCVO OStJ TD FRSE
Moderator of the General Assembly
Torrance in 2011 with his dachshund Cassiopea
Church	Church of Scotland
In office	2003 to 2004
Predecessor	Finlay Macdonald
Successor	Alison Elliot
Other post(s)	Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland (2013–19) Dean of the Thistle (2014–19)
Orders
Ordination	23 January 1982
Personal details
Born	Iain Richard Torrance (1949-01-13) 13 January 1949 (age 75) Aberdeen, Scotland
Nationality	British
Denomination	Church of Scotland
Spouse	Morag Ann Torrance ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	2
Occupation	Retired academic
Academic background
Education	Edinburgh Academy Monkton Combe School
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of St Andrews Oriel College, Oxford
Thesis	A translation of the letters between Severus of Antioch and Sergius the Grammarian, with a theological introduction
Doctoral advisor	Sebastian Brock
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Patristics systematic theology Christian ethics Syriac studies
Institutions	Queen's College, Edgbaston University of Birmingham University of Aberdeen Christ's College, Aberdeen Princeton Theological Seminary

Sir Iain Richard Torrance, KCVO, OStJ, TD, FRSE (born 13 January 1949) is a retired Church of Scotland minister, theologian and academic. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen,^[1] Honorary Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary, and an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland.^[2] He was formerly Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland,^[3] and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. He is married to Morag Ann (née MacHugh), whom he met while they were students at the University of St Andrews, and they have two children.