Donald Martin (bishop)
Donald Martin (1873–1938) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1919 to 1938.[1]
Born in Salen on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Scotland on 6 October 1873, he was ordained to the priesthood on 23 September 1905. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 2 April 1919, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 11 June 1919 at Oban.[2] The principal consecrator was John Toner, Bishop of Dunkeld, and the principal co-consecrators were James William McCarthy, Bishop of Galloway and Henry Gray Graham, Auxiliary Bishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.[1]
He died in office on 6 December 1938, aged 65.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Bishop Donald Martin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Argyll and the Isles, Diocese of", The Catholic Encyclopedia, (Charles George Herbermann, ed.) 1922
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- 1873 births
- 1938 deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Argyll and the Isles