Bishop Alexander MacDonald †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Polemonium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1736¹		Born
15 Jul 1764	28.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
10 Aug 1764	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	43.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
12 Mar 1780	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
9 Sep 1791	55.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alexander MacDonald
(WikiData: Q4719466)
Bishop Alexander MacDonald (born 1736, died 9 Sep 1791) Vicar Apostolic of Highland District

Event Place
Birth Place Bornish, South Uist
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Scalan
Death Place Samalaman

a priest for 27.0 years
a bishop for 11.4 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Nicola Gagliardi †
Bishop of Alatri
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Domenico Giordani †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George Hay †
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Assisted by:
Father Alexander Cameron †
Priest
Father James McGillivray
Priest

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Hay † (1769)
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Bishop James Grant † (1755)
Titular Bishop of Sinitis
Bishop Alexander Smith † (1735)
Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
Bishop James Gordon † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo † (1678)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bornish, South Uist
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Scalan
Death Place	Samalaman

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1780, Number 9
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 342, and Page 455
od/c01: CB, 17 Feb 2016
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 14, Number 12

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