Bishop Alexander Cameron †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1747		Born
26 Jan 1772	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
2 Feb 1772	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Sep 1797	50.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Sep 1797	50.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
28 Oct 1798	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
24 Aug 1805	58.0	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
20 Aug 1825	78.0	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Feb 1828	80.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Alexander Cameron
(VIAF: 55700399; WikiData: Q4718503)
Bishop Alexander Cameron (born 28 Jul 1747, died 7 Feb 1828) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lowland District

Event Place
Birth Place Braemar, Aberdeenshire
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original) St. Mary's, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Francesco Maria Piccolomini †
Bishop of Pienza
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Francesco Maria Piccolomini †
Titular Archbishop of Perge
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antonio Tavira Almazán †
Bishop of Salamanca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Tavira Almazán † (1791)
Bishop of Salamanca
Antonio Cardinal Sentmenat y Castellá † (1783)
Patriarch of West Indies
Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada † (1766)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Aeneas Chisholm † (1805)
Bishop Alexander Paterson † (1816)
Assisted:
Bishop Alexander MacDonald † (1780)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Braemar, Aberdeenshire
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place	Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original)	St. Mary's, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland

Source(s):

c2: CB
b/c2: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 118, Number 619
od/c01: CB, 17 Feb 2016
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1798, Number 38
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 281, and Page 455
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 13, Number 8

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