About David Low
Lived 1768 – 1855 (aged 86–87). David Low was a British anglican priest.
David Low (November 1768 – 26 January 1855) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Ross (1819–1850), Bishop of Argyll (1819–1846) and Bishop of Moray (1838–1850).
Born in Brechin, Scotland in November 1768, he was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He was ordained a deacon and priest in 1789 by John Strachan, Bishop of Brechin. He was consecrated at Stirling on 14 November 1819 by George Gleig, Bishop of Brechin and Primus; Alexander Jolly, Bishop of Moray; and Patrick Torry, Bishop of Dunkeld and of Dunblane.
Low died at Pittenweem on 26 January 1855, aged 86, and was buried in a grave on the south-side of St John's Episcopal Church, Pittenweem on 1 February 1855.
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Bishop of Moray, Ross and Argyll; Scottish Episcopal bishop
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David Low was born in 1768 in Brechin.
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David Low died on 26 January 1855 in Pittenweem.
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David Low was an anglican priest.
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David Low was British.
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