John Matheson (bishop)

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

This article is about the Scottish bishop. For the Canadian lawyer, judge and politician, see John Matheson.

Born in Tomintoul, Moray on 28 April 1901, he was ordained a priest on 7 March 1925. 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.[2]

References
  1. "Bishop John Alexander Matheson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. BISHOP FRANCIS WALSH, WHITE FATHER 1901—1974 at thepelicans.org, accessed 11 April 2018
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
George Henry Bennett		 Bishop of Aberdeen
1947–1950		 Succeeded by
Francis Raymond Walsh
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.