Francis Macnab
Australian Christian minister
Francis Macnab (21 June 1931 – 27 April 2023) was an Australian Christian minister. He was the executive minister of St Michael's Uniting Church, a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia in Collins Street, Melbourne, until December 2016. He was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar.
Early life
Macnab was born to J. D. Macnab and Mary Anne Louisa Hughes on 21 June 1931.
Training and psychological work
Macnab held a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Aberdeen. He had honorary doctorates from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University in psychology and applied science.
In 1961, Macnab opened the Cairnmillar Institute, a clinical psychological centre, the largest in Australia, which was for some time the largest training body for psychologists and counsellors in the country. He continued as its executive director until 2015.
Macnab founded and was director of the Australian Foundation for Aftermath Reactions which provides trauma treatment and training. He was a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society.
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