Bishop Alexander Paterson †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Cybistra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Mar 1766³		Born
1791¹	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 May 1816	50.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
14 May 1816	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cybistra
18 Aug 1816	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cybistra
20 Aug 1825	59.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
13 Feb 1827	60.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Oct 1831	65.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alexander Paterson
(VIAF: 173248252; WikiData: Q4719810)
Bishop Alexander Paterson (born Mar 1766, died 30 Oct 1831) Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District

Event Place
Birth Place Pathhead, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest English, Seminary, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop Paisley
Death Place Bishop's House, Dundee, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Mary, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England

a priest for 40.8 years
a bishop for 15.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alexander Cameron †
Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Aeneas Chisholm †
Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexander Cameron † (1798)
Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Antonio Tavira Almazán † (1791)
Bishop of Salamanca
Antonio Cardinal Sentmenat y Castellá † (1783)
Patriarch of West Indies
Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada † (1766)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Gillis † (1827)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ranald MacDonald † (1820)
Bishop Andrew Scott † (1828)
Bishop James Kyle † (1828)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles-Louis Salmon du Châtelier † (1822)
Bishop Claude-Jean-Joseph Brulley de La Brunière † (1822)
Bishop Marie-Joseph-François-Victor Monyer de Prilly † (1824)
Bishop Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel † (1824)
Bishop Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin † (1824)
Bishop Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals † (1824)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pathhead, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest	English, Seminary, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop	Paisley
Death Place	Bishop's House, Dundee, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Mary, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England

Source(s):

b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1816, Number 40
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 171
ob/c3: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 91, Additions/Corrections (front)
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 92, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 13, Number 9
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 18

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