Bishop John Geddes †

Deceased

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1735		Born
10 Mar 1759	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
18 Mar 1759	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	44.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	44.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees
30 Nov 1780	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees
26 Oct 1797	62.1	Resigned	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Feb 1799	63.4	Died	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for John Geddes
(VIAF: 66318167; WikiData: Q16838539)
Bishop John Geddes (born 9 Sep 1735, died 11 Feb 1799) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District

Event Place
Birth Place Mains of Corridoun, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place St. Peter's, Church, Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original) Snow churchyard, Old Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland

a priest for 39.8 years
a bishop for 18.1 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Patriarch François Mattei †
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
Ordained Priest by:
Giuseppe Cardinal Spinelli †
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón †
Archbishop of Toledo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco Mateo Aguiriano Gómez †
Titular Bishop of Thagaste
Bishop Felipe Pérez Santa María †
Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mains of Corridoun, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place	St. Peter's, Church, Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original)	Snow churchyard, Old Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 97, Number 502
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1780, Number 38
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 277, and Page 455
od/c01: CB, 17 Feb 2016
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 12, Number 7
loc: CL, 21 May 2024

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