Bishop John Murdoch †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Castabala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1796³		Born
19 Mar 1821	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Mar 1833⁸	36.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
8 Mar 1833⁸	36.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thabraca
4 Jun 1833	36.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
4 Jun 1833	36.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castabala
20 Oct 1833	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castabala
4 Dec 1846	50.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Dec 1865	69.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary for John Murdoch
Bishop John Murdoch (born 9 Oct 1796, died 15 Dec 1865) Vicar Apostolic of Western District

Event Place
Birth Place Wellheads, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Bishop Glasgow
Death Place Glasgow
Buried Place (Original) St. Mary's, Church, Abercromby Street, Glasgow

a priest for 44.7 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Kyle †
Titular Bishop of Germanicia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Andrew Scott †
Titular Bishop of Erythrae
Bishop Andrew Carruthers †
Titular Bishop of Ceramus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Kyle † (1828)
Titular Bishop of Germanicia
Bishop Alexander Paterson † (1816)
Titular Bishop of Cybistra
Bishop Alexander Cameron † (1798)
Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
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 Alexander Smith † (1847)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Gray † (1862)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wellheads, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Bishop	Glasgow
Death Place	Glasgow
Buried Place (Original)	St. Mary's, Church, Abercromby Street, Glasgow

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 139
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1833, Number 44
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 20, Number 20

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