Bishop John Chisholm †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Oreus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Feb 1752		Born
17 Apr 1775	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
8 Nov 1791	39.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
8 Nov 1791	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oreus
12 Feb 1792	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oreus
8 Jul 1814	62.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for John Chisholm
(VIAF: 120497406; WikiData: Q16207929)
Bishop John Chisholm (born 12 Feb 1752, died 8 Jul 1814) Vicar Apostolic of Highland District

Event Place
Birth Place Strathglass, Inverness
Ordained Priest Scots, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop Edinbourgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place Lismore
Buried Place (Original) Kilcheran, Lismore, Argyllshire

a priest for 39.2 years
a bishop for 22.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George Hay †
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Assisted by:
Father Paul MacPherson
Priest
Father Alexandre MacDonald
Priest

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Hay † (1769)
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Bishop James Grant † (1755)
Titular Bishop of Sinitis
Bishop Alexander Smith † (1735)
Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
Bishop James Gordon † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo † (1678)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Strathglass, Inverness
Ordained Priest	Scots, College, Douai, Archdiocese of Cambrai, France
Ordained Bishop	Edinbourgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place	Lismore
Buried Place (Original)	Kilcheran, Lismore, Argyllshire

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1792, Number 1
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 319, and Page 455
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,627
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 15, Number 13
opd: CB, 8 Oct 2023

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