Kenneth Grant (bishop)

Kenneth Grant (18 March 1900 – 7 September 1959) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1945 to 1959.[1]


Kenneth Grant
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseArgyll and the Isles
Appointed15 December 1945
Term ended7 September 1959
PredecessorDonald Alphonsus Campbell
SuccessorStephen McGill
Orders
Ordination24 April 1927
Consecration27 February 1946
by Donald Alphonsus Campbell
Personal details
Born18 March 1900
Died7 September 1959 (aged 59)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MottoChristi coronam cernite

Biography

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Born in Fort William, Scotland on 18 March 1900, he was educated at and St Peter's College, Bearsden. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Glasgow on 24 April 1927, however served as curate in Benbecula (1927–28). He returned to Glasgow and was curate of St Mary Immaculate, Pollokshaws (1928–39). He served as a forces chaplain (1939–45) and then curate of St Joseph's, Clarkston (1945–46).[2]

He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 15 December 1945, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 27 February 1946. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop George Henry Bennett of Aberdeen and Bishop William Henry Mellon of Galloway.[1]

He died in office on 7 September 1959, aged 59.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop Kenneth Grant". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. ^ Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. pp. 125, 364. ISBN 0 85976 345 5.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
1945–1959
Succeeded by