Angus MacFarlane
Bishop of Dunkeld
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseDunkeld
Appointed21 February 1901
Term ended24 September 1912
PredecessorJames Augustine Smith
SuccessorRobert Fraser
Orders
Ordination26 April 1868
Consecration1 May 1901
by James Augustine Smith
Personal details
Born10 January 1843
Died24 September 1912 (aged 69)
Dundee, Angus, Scotland
BuriedBalgay Cemetery

Angus MacFarlane (1843–1912) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1901 to 1912.[1]

Born in Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland on 10 January 1843, he was ordained to the priesthood on 26 April 1868. He was Rector of St Peter's College, Partickhill from 1878 to 1880. He was Vicar general of Glasgow from 1894 to 1901. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld by the Holy See on 21 February 1901, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 1 May 1901. The principal consecrator was Archbishop James August Smith of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop William Turner of Galloway and Archbishop John Aloysius Maguire of Glasgow.[1]

He died in office on 24 September 1912, aged 69.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bishop Angus MacFarlane". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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