James Grant (Scottish bishop)

Styles of
James Grant
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord or Bishop

James Grant (1706–1778) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District of Scotland.

Born in Wester Boggs, Enzie, Banffshire in July 1706, he was ordained a priest on 4 April 1733. He was appointed the coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Sinitis by the Holy See on 21 February 1755 and consecrated to the episcopate in Edinburgh on 13 November 1755. The principal consecrator was Bishop Alexander Smith and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Hugh MacDonald. On the death of Bishop Smith on 21 August 1767, he automatically succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District. He died in office on 3 December 1778, aged 72.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 460.
  2. ↑ "Bishop James Grant". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alexander Smith		 Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District
1767–1778 		Succeeded by
George Hay
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