John McLachlan (7 September 1826 – 16 January 1893) was a Scottish

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clergyman who served as the

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from 1878 to 1893.

Life

Born in

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, Scotland on 7 September 1826, he was

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to the priesthood in Rome on 16 March 1850. He was appointed the

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of the

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by the

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on 22 March 1878, and

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to the

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on 23 May 1878. The principal

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was Archbishop

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of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop

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of Hexham and Newcastle and Bishop John MacDonald of Aberdeen. He died in office on 16 January 1893, aged 66. His Pontifical Mass of Requiem was celebrated at St Andrew's Cathedral in Dumfries after which his coffin was borne to the vaults beneath the church.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mclachlan, John 1826 births 1893 deaths Clergy from Glasgow 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Bishops of Galloway (Roman Catholic, Post-Reformation) Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Alumni of the Scots College, Rome