Alexander MacDonald (vicar apostolic)

Alexander MacDonald (1736–1791) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.

Born in Bornish, South Uist in 1736, he was ordained a priest on 10 August 1764. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Polemonium by the Holy See on 30 September 1779. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 March 1780. The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Alexander Cameron. He died in office on 9 September 1791, aged 55.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 466–467. http://www.archive.org/details/a548648303braduoft. 
  2. ^ Bishop Alexander MacDonald at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 3 October 2010.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John MacDonald		 Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District
1779–1791		 Succeeded by
John Chisholm