Bishop James Gordon †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Nicopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1665		Born
1692	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Aug 1705	40.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Great Britain
21 Aug 1705	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
11 Apr 1706	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
23 Oct 1718	53.7	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Great Britain
23 Jul 1727	62.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Mar 1746	81.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for James Gordon
(WikiData: Q64697682)
Bishop James Gordon (born 31 Jan 1665, died 1 Mar 1746) Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District

Event Place
Birth Place Glastirum, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop (in secret), Montefiascone, Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Death Place Thornhill, Perthshire
Buried Place (Original) Innerpeffrey, Perthshire

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 39.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo †
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe Cianti †
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri
Bishop Onofrio Elisei †
Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Wallace † (1708)
Bishop Hugh MacDonald † (1725)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Wallace † (1720)
Bishop Hugh MacDonald † (1731)
Bishop Alexander Smith † (1735)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Glastirum, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest	Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop	(in secret), Montefiascone, Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Death Place	Thornhill, Perthshire
Buried Place (Original)	Innerpeffrey, Perthshire

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 288
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1706, Number 3
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,030
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 7, Number 2
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 10, Number 3

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