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: |
Rev. Rudolph 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 |
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1991—1994 |
Rev. Allison McDonald (Associate Minister) |
1994—1998 |
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1998-2002 |
Rev. Robert Symington (Interim Minister) |
2000—2005 |
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2001—2005 |
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2005—2009 |
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2006— |
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2015— |