George Hay (bishop)
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| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District (1768–1778) |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
George Hay (24 August 1729 – 15 October 1811)[1] was a Scottish Catholic prelate and writer who served as Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District from 1778 to 1805.[2][3]
Biography
Early life
Hay was born in Edinburgh on 24 August 1729. His parents, James Hay and Mary Morrison, were Jacobites and members of the Scottish Episcopal Church; James Hay had been involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715. George Hay began his studies at the University of Edinburgh, intending to pursue a medical career.[4][5]
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, when he was sixteen, Hay was summoned to attend wounded soldiers after the battle of Prestonpans. He afterwards followed the victorious Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart for some months; but before the decisive fight at Culloden, illness compelled him to return to Edinburgh.[4][5]
Conversion to Catholicism
Hay was later arrested for having participated in the rising, and after three months of imprisonment in
As a Catholic, Hay was now debarred by the
On 2 April 1758, Hay was
Vicar Apostolic
Hay succeeded Grant in 1778 as Vicar Apostolic, and nominated his friend John Geddes as his coadjutor.[7] Hay ran the diocese strictly, antagonizing many of his subordinates. Among these was Alexander Geddes, whose Bible translation Hay rejected as latitudinarian.[5][7]
Hay was highly politically active in his position, befriending politicians including
Since about 1770, Hay had been distancing himself from his youthful Jacobite allegiances, and in the annual clergy meeting of 1779 he proposed and passed a bill recognizing the sovereignty of George III. On the other hand, a 1772 letter from Hay to Charles Edward Stuart privately expressed his support for the Jacobite cause, leaving his actual sympathies unclear.[5][7]
Hay made efforts to place the college at Rome under the control of Scottish superiors. His efforts on behalf of the institute in Paris were interrupted by the
Works
George Hay published the first English Catholic Bible printed in Scotland; but the work which secured his own reputation as a religious writer was his cycle of Catholic doctrine entitled The Sincere Christian, The Devout Christian, and The Pious Christian, published 1781–86.
References
- ^ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 461–462.
- ^ "Bishop George Hay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ ISSN 2055-7973. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Or 1748; sources disagree.
- ^ ISSN 0021-9371. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Or 1768, according to a different source.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "George Hay". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Further reading
- Hay, George (1871). . Works of the Right Rev. Bishop Hay of Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons.
External links
- An Inquiry Whether Salvation Can Be Had Without True Faith, And Out of the Communion of the Church of Christ
- Bp. Hay's works available at archive.org
- The Sincere Christian Vol.1
- The Sincere Christian Vol. 2
- The Devout Christian Vol. 1
- The Devout Christian Vol. 2
- The Pious Christian
- On Miracles Vol. 1
- On Miracles Vol. 2
- The Sincere Christian instructed in the Faith of Christ, VOL. 1 (Google books)
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