List of Ministers and Associate Ministers at the Scottish Mission in Budapest

In order to have a more well-rounded idea of what the Scottish Mission has looked like throughout the years, through both challenging and also fruitful years, the Reformed Church in Hungary has made interviews with some of the ministers, past and present.

Click on the names of ministers below who have been marked with chevrons to read an in-depth description about their individual time at the Mission, what changes occurred while they were there, who the Mission was serving, and how their time in Budapest has continued to affect their life today. 

1841—1842:

Rev. John Duncan

1841—1842:

Rev. William Owen Allan, MA

1841—1853:

Robert Smith, DD

1843—1851:

Rev. William Wingate

1845—1847:

Rev. Alexander Thomson, DD

1847—1858:

Scottish pastors weren‘t allowed to work in Hungary

1858—1864:

Rev. A. van Andel

1863—1888:

RevRudolph Koenig

1864—1871:

Rev. Andrew Moody, DD

1872—1874:

Rev. A. Thom, MA

1878—1904:

Rev. Andrew Moody, DD

1895—1921:

Rev. James Alexander Webster, DD

1913—1927:

Sándor Nagy, PhD

1913—1918

During the WW 1 the Mission was maintained by the Hungarian staff, but no Scottish pastor was allowed to stay in Hungary 

1921—1931:

Rev. W. Beveridge, DD

1924—1930

Rev. Alexander King, MA

1931—1935:

Rev. John Calder, MBE

1934—1941:

Rev. Gyula Forgách, PhD

1935—1940:

Rev. G.A.F. Knight

1940—1946:

Rev. Lajos (Louis) nagybaconi Nagy

1946—1980:

Rev. János (John) Dobos

1976­—2005

Rev. Bertalan Tamás >>

1991—1994

Rev. Allison McDonald (Associate Minister)

1994—1998

Rev. Susan Cowell (Associate Minister) >>

1998-2002

Rev. Robert Symington (Interim Minister)

2000—2005

Rev. Ken MacKenzie >>

2001—2005

Rev. Zoltán Tarr (Part-time Associate Minister) >>

2005—2009

Rev. Ottó Pecsuk (Part-time Associate Minister) >>

2006—

Rev. Aaron C. Stevens >>

2015—

Rev. Njeri Wagana Hughes (Part-time Associate Minister) >>