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Archbishop Of Saint Andrews And Edinburgh
The Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh is the ordinary of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The archdiocese covers an area of 5,504 km2. The metropolitan see is in the City of Edinburgh where the archbishop's seat (''cathedra'') is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. The eighth and current archbishop is Leo Cushley. History After the Scottish Reformation, the Catholic Church abandoned the hierarchy and for nearly a century Catholics in Scotland were under the jurisdiction of the English prefects and vicars apostolic. In 1653, the Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland was established, which was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic in 1694. On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into the Vicariates Apostolic of the Lowland District and the Highland District, each headed by a vicar apostolic. On 13 February 1827, Scotland was divided again into three vicariates apostolic; the Eastern District (formerly the Lowland District), the Northern District (former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of St Andrews And Edinburgh
The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews & Edinburgh () is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the additional suffragan sees of Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Dunkeld, and Galloway. The archdiocese is led by Archbishop Leo Cushley, and its cathedral is St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. History After the Scottish Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church abandoned the ancient dioceses and hierarchy. In 1653, the whole of Scotland became under the authority the Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland, which in 1694 was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland. On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into two Vicariates Apostolic, the Lowland District and Highland District. The Lowland District comprised roughly the Scottish Lowlands. On 13 February 1827, Scotland was divided again into three Vicariate Apostolics, the Eastern District (formerly the Lowland District), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smith (archbishop)
William Smith (3 July 1819 – 16 March 1892) was a Catholic clergyman from Scotland. He served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. Life Born in Edinburgh on 3 July 1819, he entered Blairs College in July 1832 to begin studies for the priesthood. He continued his studies at the Scots College, Rome in August 1836 and was ordained a priest on 15 April 1843. He returned to Scotland and was appointed professor of Latin, Greek and Hebrew at Blairs. In 1852, he was tasked with the reorganization of the Scots Monastery, Regensburg. After a year and a half, he was recalled to Scotland to serve as rector of St Clement's Academy, Wellburn and as priest in charge of the Lochee mission. He later succeeded George Rigg as priest in charge of St Mary's, Edinburgh. Subsequently, he was appointed to Dalkeith, Oakley, Dunfermline and Perth. In 1869, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was bestowed upon him in recognition of his publication ''The Book of Moses.'' In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Menzies Strain
John Menzies Strain (8 December 1810 – 2 July 1883) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the first Archbishop of the Metropolitan see of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland. Early life Born in Edinburgh on 8 December 1810, he was the son of Hugh Strain and Cecilia Strain (née McKenzie). He was educated at Edinburgh High School, the Seminary in Aquhorties, Aberdeenshire, and the Scots College in Rome. Priestly career He was ordained to the priesthood on 9 June 1833. He left Rome on 3 August 1833, returning to Scotland, where he served at St Mary's, Edinburgh for two months, then appointed an assistant at Dumfries. He was appointed to take charge of the mission at St Peter's Church in Dalbeattie on 17 March 1835, which included the greater part of Kirkcudbrightshire. He returned to Dumfries in 1857 to take charge of the mission there. In 1859, he became the President of St Mary's College, Blairs, Aberdeen. Episcopal career He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gillis (bishop)
James Gillis (7 April 1802 – 24 February 1864) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District of Scotland. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 7 April 1802, the son of a Scottish father and English mother, he came to Fochabers with his parents in 1816. The following year, he entered the Seminary of Aquhorties as an ecclesiastical student and a year later on 3 December 1818, on the instructions of Bishop Alexander Cameron, he and four companions set off from Aquhorties for Paris. Once there, he entered the Seminary of St Nicholas on 16 December 1818. He left St Nicholas in October 1823 and entered the Sulpician's Seminary of Issy, returning to Scotland in April 1826 after his health had given way. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Paterson at Aquhorties on 9 June 1827. In 1831, John Menzies of Pitfodels, having, three years previously, bestowed on the Catholic Church in Scotland his extensive estate at Blairs, Aberdeenshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Carruthers
Andrew Carruthers (7 February 1770 – 24 May 1852) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District of Scotland. Biography Born in Drumillan Miln near New Abbey in Kirkcudbrightshire on 7 February 1770, he was the son of Catholic parents, Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg. The priest and historian James Carruthers was his brother. Carruthers was ordained a priest on 25 March 1795. He was stationed first to the missionary station at Balloch on the Drummond Castle estate, in Perthshire, then in 1797 appointed as the chaplain to the Earl of Traquair at the Stuart family seat Traquair in Peeblesshire, and 1800 he moved to the mission at Munches, seat of the Maxwells at Dalbeattie in his native Kirkcudbrightshire. Using a bequest from the late Agnes Maxwell, who died in 1809, the last of the Catholic Maxwells of Munches he built St Peter's Church in Dalbeattie which opened in 1814. On 29 June 2014 it celebrated its 200th anniversary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Paterson (bishop)
Alexander Paterson (March 1766 – 30 October 1831) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District from 1825 to 1827, then, following district name change, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District from 1827 to 1831. Biography Born in Pathhead, near Enzie in Banffshire, Scotland in March 1766, he entered Scalan and then the Scots College Douai and was ordained a priest in about 1791. He remained at Douai as the sub-principal until the closure of the college in 1793. He was stationed in Glenlivet until 1812 when he was sent to Paisley. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of ''Cybistra'' by the Holy See on 14 May 1816. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 18 August 1816. The principal consecrator was Bishop Alexander Cameron, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Aeneas Chisholm. He traveled to Paris in late 1821 attempting to recover property of the Scots Colleges at Paris an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Cameron (bishop)
Alexander Cameron (28 July 1747 – 7 February 1828) was a Scottish Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Lowland District, Lowland District, Scotland. Life Born in Braemar, Aberdeenshire on 28 July 1747, he was the son of James Cameron and Margery Macktinosh. He spent four years at Scalan before entering the The Scots College (Rome), Scots College in Rome on 22 December 1764, and took the Religious vows, oath there on 1 June 1765. Seven years later, he received Holy Orders as a subdeacon on 19 January 1772, a deacon on 26 January 1772, and a Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest on 2 February 1772, all from Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, in the chapel of the Scots College. He returned to Scotland and was placed in charge of the mission at Strathavon in Banffshire. The young Cameron was then appointed Rector of the Royal Scots College, Valladolid and travelled to Spain in the summer of 1780. He was appointed the Coad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hay (bishop)
George Hay (24 August 1729 – 15 October 1811) was a Scottish Catholic prelate and writer who served as Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District from 1778 to 1805. Biography Early life Hay was born in Edinburgh on 24 August 1729. His parents, James Hay and Mary Morrison, were Jacobites and members of the Scottish Episcopal Church; James Hay had been involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715. George Hay began his studies at the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ..., intending to pursue a medical career. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, when he was sixteen, Hay was summoned to attend wounded soldiers after the battle of Prestonpans. He afterwards followed the victorious Jacobitism, Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart for some months; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grant (Vicar Apostolic Of The Lowland District)
James Grant (July 1706 – 3 December 1778) was a Scottish priest and bishop who served as a missionary for the illegal and underground Catholic Church in Scotland upon the Isle of Barra and later as the vicar apostolic of the Lowland District. Life Born in Wester Boggs, Enzie, Banffshire in July 1706, he entered the Scots College Rome on 16 January 1726 and took the mission oath on 25 July 1725. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 4 April 1733. During the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, Grant was operating as the underground missionary priest of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides. According to Bishop John Geddes, "Early in the spring of 1746, some ships of war came to the coast of the isle of Barra and landed some men, who threatened they would lay desolate the whole island if the priest was not delivered up to them. Father James Grant, who was missionary then, and afterwards Bishop, being informed of the threats in a safe retreat in which he was in a little island, surrendered hims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Smith (bishop, Born 1684)
Alexander Smith ( – 21 August 1766) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District, Scotland. Life Born in Fochabers, Moray in 1684, he was ordained a priest on 19 April 1712. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of ''Mosynopolis'' by the Holy See on 19 September 1735. He was consecrated to the Episcopate in Edinburgh on 2 November 1735. The principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches ... was Bishop James Gordon, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Hugh MacDonald. On the death of James Gordon on 18 February 1746, he automatically succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District. He died in office on 21 August 1766, aged 73. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (vicar Apostolic)
James Gordon (31 January 1665 – 18 February 1746) was a Bishop (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic for the whole of Scotland from 1718 to 1727, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Lowland District, Lowland District from 1727 to 1746. Life Born in Glastirum, Enzie, Banffshire on 31 January 1665, he was Holy Orders, ordained a Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest in 1692. In 1702 Gordon was the Roman agent for the Scottish clergy and in 1703 was proctor for the English Vicars Apostolic as well as the Scottish Vicar Apostolic. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland and Titular Bishop of ''Nicopolis (Pontus), Nicopolis ad Iaterum'' by the Holy See on 21 August 1705. Owing to the severity of the persecution of Scottish Catholics at the time, great pains were taken to keep Gordon's appointment and consecration secret. He was Consecration, consecrated to the Episcopal polity, Episcopate in Montefiascon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |