Bishop James Gillis †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Limyra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1802		Born
9 Jun 1827	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Jul 1837	35.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Jul 1837	35.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Limyra
22 Jul 1838	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Limyra
24 May 1852	50.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
24 Feb 1864	61.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for James Gillis
(VIAF: 46317499; WikiData: Q6134650)
Bishop James Gillis (born 7 Apr 1802, died 24 Feb 1864) Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District

Event Place
Birth Place Montréal, Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Priest Aquhorties, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Church, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Death Place Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Margaret Convent (Gillis Centre), Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alexander Paterson †
Titular Bishop of Cybistra
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Sigus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Andrew Scott †
Titular Bishop of Erythrae
Bishop James Kyle †
Titular Bishop of Germanicia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. † (1823)
Titular Bishop of Sigus
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste Allou (Alloux) † (1839)
Bishop William Riddell † (1844)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montréal, Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Priest	Aquhorties, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary, Church, Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Death Place	Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Margaret Convent (Gillis Centre), Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern District, England

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 240
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1838, Number 27
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 18, Number 17
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 551, to Page 553
c1: CB, 8 Oct 2023

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