John Alexander Matheson (28 April 1901 – 5 July 1950) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1947 to 1950.[1]
John Matheson | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Aberdeen | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Aberdeen |
| Appointed | 2 August 1947 |
| Term ended | 5 July 1950 |
| Predecessor | George Bennett |
| Successor | Francis Walsh |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 7 March 1925 by Basilio Pompili |
| Consecration | 24 September 1947 by Andrew McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Alexander Matheson 28 April 1901 |
| Died | 5 July 1950 (aged 49) Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Education | Blairs College |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Scots College |
| Motto | Manus tua deducet me |
Biography
editBorn in Tomintoul, Moray on 28 April 1901, he was educated at Blairs College and studied at the Scots College, Rome.[2] He was ordained a priest on 7 March 1925 in Rome and was curate in St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen 1925–28.[2] He was parish priest of Sacred Heart, Aberdeen 1928–30; St Nathalan's, Ballater 1930–43 and St Mary's, Dufftown 1943–47.[2]
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.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bishop John Alexander Matheson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. pp. 105–106, 112–116. ISBN 0-85976-345-5.
- ^ BISHOP FRANCIS WALSH, WHITE FATHER 1901—1974 at thepelicans.org, accessed 11 April 2018
