John Toner (14 March 1857 – 31 May 1949) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1914 to 1949.[1]
John Toner | |
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| Bishop of Dunkeld | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Dunkeld |
| Appointed | 8 September 1914 |
| Term ended | 31 May 1949 |
| Predecessor | Robert Fraser |
| Successor | James Donald Scanlan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 March 1882 |
| Consecration | 15 October 1914 by James August Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1857 |
| Died | 31 May 1949 (aged 92) Dundee, Angus, Scotland |
| Buried | Balgay Cemetery, Dundee |
| Parents | William Toner Elizabeth Toner (née Nixon) |
| Motto | Solo Dios basta |
Biography
editBorn in Glasgow, Scotland on 14 March 1857,[1][2] he was educated at Blairs College from 1871 to 1875[3][2] and the Royal Scots College, Valladolid from 1875 to 1882.[3][2] He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March 1882 in Palencia[2] for the Archdiocese of Glasgow. He was curate of St Laurence, Greenock from 1882 to 1887[3] and returned to Blairs College as a professor from 1887 to 1890.[3] He was parish priest of St Michael's, Parkhead from 1890 to 1897[3] and St Patrick's, Anderston from 1897 to 1901.[3] From 1901 to 1914 he was parish priest of St Columbkille's, Rutherglen.[3][2] He was named Canon of Glasgow in 1902.[2]
Canon Toner was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld by the Holy See on 8 September 1914, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 15 October 1914. The principal consecrator was James August Smith, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and the principal co-consecrators were Donald Aloysius Mackintosh, Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow and James William McCarthy, Bishop of Galloway.[1]
He died in office on 31 May 1949, aged 92.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Bishop John Toner". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Ambrosian Society". www.ambrosiansociety.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. pp. 351, 387. ISBN 0 85976 345 5.