Hugh MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen)

Hugh MacDonald

CSsR (7 November 1841 – 29 May 1898) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1890 to 1898.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Born in

Angus MacDonald, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. Hugh MacDonald was educated at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw. On the completion of his studies, he taught there for a year as Professor of Humanities.^[1]^[2]

Priestly career

Congregation of the Redemptorists, he entered upon his new vocation with great energy, conducting missions all over the world, but proving especially valuable in the Highlands from his thorough acquaintance with the Gaelic language. For several years he acted as rector of the Redemptorist Monastery at Kinnoull, and after holding several other important offices, he was appointed Provincial of the Order.^[1]^[2]

Episcopal career

He was appointed the

Angus MacDonald.^[1]^[2]

The wisdom of his nomination was manifest from the very outset of his episcopal career in the repair of old, or the erection of new churches, in the enlargement of schools, and in the promotion of the general prosperity and working order of his diocese. He took a great interest in the welfare of the junior seminary of St Mary's College, Blairs, near Aberdeen, and threw himself enthusiastically into the scheme for rebuilding and extending the institution. He erected the Cathedral chapter at Aberdeen, made the canonical visitation with great regularity, and altogether infused a great amount of order into the administration of his diocese. Personally, he was of a most amiable and unassuming disposition, respected by all classes of the community in the North, and held in the highest estimation by his clergy and people.^[1]

He died at Greenhill Gardens,

Archbishop MacDonald, on 29 May 1898, aged 56.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan; Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Kilarlity (1904). The Clan Donald. Vol. 3. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd. pp. 274–275.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bishop Hugh MacDonald, C.SS.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Colin Grant	Bishop of Aberdeen 1890–1898	Succeeded by Aeneas Chisholm

[clandonald274to275-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan; Rev. A. Macdonald, Minister of Kilarlity (1904). The Clan Donald. Vol. 3. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd. pp. 274–275.

[chbmcdh-2] "Bishop Hugh MacDonald, C.SS.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

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