Vincent Paul Logan (30 June 1941 – 14 January 2021) was the ninth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, which was restored (with boundaries differing from those of the pre-Reformation diocese) by Pope Leo XIII on 4 March 1878. Until his resignation Bishop Logan was one of eight serving Catholic bishops in Scotland.


Vincent Logan
Bishop of Dunkeld
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed26 January 1981
Term ended30 June 2012
PredecessorWilliam Hart
SuccessorStephen Robson
Orders
Ordination14 March 1964
by Gordon Gray
Consecration26 February 1981
by Gordon Gray
Personal details
Born
Vincent Paul Logan

30 June 1941
Died14 January 2021 (aged 79)
Monifieth, Angus, Scotland
MottoVerbum Dei proclamare

Biography

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Vincent Logan was born in Bathgate, West Lothian on 30 June 1941, the second youngest of five brothers. As was common at the time, the young Vincent entered the junior seminary of St Mary's College at Blairs, near Aberdeen, where he completed his secondary education. His post-secondary education was at St Andrew's College, Drygrange, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, before being ordained to the Catholic priesthood on 14 March 1964 to serve in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Father Logan served in several parishes, eventually being appointed Vicar Episcopal for Religious Education in the Archdiocese. Father Logan was nominated as bishop by his mentor, Cardinal Gordon Gray. When, on 26 February 1981, he received episcopal consecration at Saint Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee, Bishop Logan was only 39 years of age and as such one of the youngest Catholic bishops in the world. The bishop announced in 2010 that he would be retiring at sixty nine years of age due to ill health and feeling unable to continue to with a fully active ministry.[1] Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Bishop of Dunkeld on 6 July 2012.[2]

He died on 14 January 2021, from COVID-19 in Monifieth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Vincent Logan to step down as Bishop of Dunkeld after almost 30 years in office". Scottish Catholic Media Office. 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ Dunn, Ian (6 July 2012). "Vatican allows Bishop Logan to step down". Scottish Catholic Observer. UK. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Tributes paid after former Bishop of Dunkeld Vincent Logan dies from coronavirus". The Courier (Dundee). 14 January 2021.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Dunkeld
1981–2012
Succeeded by