Bishop James Grant †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Sinitis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Jul 1706³		Born
21 Mar 1733	26.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
4 Apr 1733	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Feb 1755	48.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Feb 1755	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinitis
13 Nov 1755	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sinitis
21 Aug 1767	61.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
3 Dec 1778	72.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Grant
(WikiData: Q64742522)
Bishop James Grant (born Jul 1706, died 3 Dec 1778) Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District

Event Place
Birth Place Wester Boggs, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop (in secret), Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place St. Peter's, Church, Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original) Snow Churchyard, Old Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Nunzio Baccari †
Bishop of Boiano
Ordained Priest by:
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alexander Smith †
Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh MacDonald †
Titular Bishop of Diana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop George Hay † (1769)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John MacDonald † (1761)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wester Boggs, Enzie, Banffshire
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	(in secret), Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place	St. Peter's, Church, Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland
Buried Place (Original)	Snow Churchyard, Old Aberdeen, Vicariate Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1755, Number 37
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 381, and Page 455
od/c01: CB, 17 Feb 2016
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,034
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 10, Number 5
loc: CL, 21 May 2024

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