Alexander MacDonald
Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
About Alexander MacDonald
Lived 1736 – 1791 (aged 54–55). Alexander MacDonald was a British catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Alexander MacDonald ( – 9 September 1791) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.
Biography Born in Bornish, South Uist in about 1736, he was ordained a priest on 10 August 1764. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Polemonium by the Holy See on 30 September 1779. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 March 1780. The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Alexander Cameron. In 1783, he moved the seminary for the Highland District to Samalaman House. He died in office on 9 September 1791, aged 55.
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Scottish Roman Catholic bishop (1736–1791)
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Alexander MacDonald was born in 1736 in South Uist.
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Alexander MacDonald died on 9 September 1791.
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Alexander MacDonald was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
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Alexander MacDonald was British.
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