John Matheson (bishop)

John Alexander Matheson (28 April 1901 – 5 July 1950) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1947 to 1950.[1]


John Matheson
Bishop of Aberdeen
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseAberdeen
Appointed2 August 1947
Term ended5 July 1950
PredecessorGeorge Bennett
SuccessorFrancis Walsh
Orders
Ordination7 March 1925
by Basilio Pompili
Consecration24 September 1947
by Andrew McDonald
Personal details
Born
John Alexander Matheson

28 April 1901
Died5 July 1950 (aged 49)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EducationBlairs College
Alma materPontifical Scots College
MottoManus tua deducet me

Biography

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Born in Tomintoul, Moray on 28 April 1901, he was educated at Blairs College and studied at the Scots College, Rome.[2] He was ordained a priest on 7 March 1925 in Rome and was curate in St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen 1925–28.[2] He was parish priest of Sacred Heart, Aberdeen 1928–30; St Nathalan's, Ballater 1930–43 and St Mary's, Dufftown 1943–47.[2]

He was appointed the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 2 August 1947, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 24 September 1947. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Andrew Thomas McDonald, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Kenneth Grant and Bishop (later Archbishop) James Donald Scanlan.[1]

He died in office on 5 July 1950, aged 49,[1] and was succeeded as Bishop of Aberdeen by Francis Walsh, with whom he had attended Fordyce Academy in their youth.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop John Alexander Matheson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. pp. 105–106, 112–116. ISBN 0-85976-345-5.
  3. ^ BISHOP FRANCIS WALSH, WHITE FATHER 1901—1974 at thepelicans.org, accessed 11 April 2018
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Aberdeen
1947–1950
Succeeded by