Ranald MacDonald (bishop)


Ranald MacDonald
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed13 February 1827
Term ended20 September 1832
SuccessorAndrew Scott
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Arindela
Previous post(s)Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District
Orders
Ordination1782
Consecration25 February 1820
by Alexander Paterson
Personal details
Born1756
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died20 September 1832 (aged 76)
Fort William, Scotland
BuriedFort William, Scotland
NationalityScottish
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsRanald MacDonald and Margaret (née MacDonald) MacDonald
Alma materScots College, Douay

Ranald MacDonald (1756–1832) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District from 1819 to 1827, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District from 1827 to 1832.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan; Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Kilarlity (1904). The Clan Donald. Vol. 3. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd. p. 455.
  2. ^ William Maziere Brady (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 467–468 and 471.
  3. ^ "Bishop Ranald MacDonald". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  4. ^ Gordon, James Frederick Skinner (1867). Journal and Appendix to Scotichronicon and Monasticon (Appendix 3). Glasgow: J. Tweed. pp. 464–465. ISBN 1-152-98585-X.