John MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen)


John MacDonald
Bishop of Aberdeen
ChurchRoman Catholic
ProvinceSt Andrews and Edinburgh
DioceseAberdeen
Appointed15 March 1878
Term ended4 February 1889
SuccessorColin Grant
Previous post(s)Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum
(1869–1878)
Orders
Ordination4 November 1841 (Priest)
by James Kyle
Consecration24 February 1869 (Bishop)
by James Chadwick
Personal details
Born2 July 1818
Strathglass, Inverness, Scotland
Died4 February 1889 (aged 70)
Aberdeen, Scotland
NationalityScottish
ParentsWilliam MacDonald and Harriet MacDonald (née Fraser)
Alma materPontifical Scots College
MottoPer mare per terras

John MacDonald (2 July 1818 – 4 February 1889) was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1878 to 1889.[1][2]

  1. ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 475–476.
  2. ^ "Bishop John MacDonald". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.