John Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District)

John Chisholm (1752–1814) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.

Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 12 February 1752, he was ordained a priest on 17 April 1775. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Oreus by the Holy See on 8 November 1791. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 February 1792. The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District. He died in office on 8 July 1814, aged 62.[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. 467. http://www.archive.org/details/a548648303braduoft. 
  2. ^ Bishop John Chisholm at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 3 October 2010.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alexander MacDonald		 Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District
1791–1814		 Succeeded by
Aeneas Chisholm