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John Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District)

Catholic bishop

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	The Right Reverend
image	Bishop John Chisholm (1752-1814).jpg
church	Roman Catholic
term	1791–1814
predecessor	Alexander MacDonald
successor	Aeneas Chisholm
other_post	Titular Bishop of Oreus
ordination	17 April 1775
consecration	12 February 1792
consecrated_by	George Hay
birth_date	12 February 1752
birth_place	Strathglass, Inverness-shire, Scotland
death_date	8 July 1814 (aged 62)
death_place	Lismore, Scotland
alma_mater	Scots College, Douai

John Chisholm (12 February 1752 – 8 July 1814) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.

Life

Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 12 February 1752, he was sent to the Scots College, Douai, where he was ordained a priest on 17 April 1775. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Oreus by the Holy See on 8 November 1791. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 February 1792. The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District.

In 1801, he founded Lismore Seminary. He died in office on 8 July 1814, aged 62 and is buried at Lismore.

References

https://www.clanchisholmsociety.org/public/catholicmission.php
Brady, W. Maziere. (1876). "The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875". Tipografia Della Pace.
{{Catholic-hierarchy. bishop. bchis. Bishop John Chisholm. 3 October 2010
{{cite DNB. Thompson. Cooper
https://www.clanchisholmsociety.org/public/bishops.php

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