Bishop Alexander MacDonald †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland

Titular Bishop of Polemonium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1736		Born	Bornish, South Uist
10 Aug 1764	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Sep 1779	43.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Sep 1779	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
12 Mar 1780	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
9 Sep 1791	55.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

a priest for 27.1 years
a bishop for 11.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George Hay †
Assisted by:
Bishop Alexander Cameron †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexander MacDonald † (1780)
Bishop George Hay † (1769)
Bishop James Grant † (1755)
Bishop Alexander Smith † (1735)
Bishop James Gordon † (1706)
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo † (1678)
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

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