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SCA - Scottish Catholic Archives
PG - Photographic Collection
2 - People
1 - Clergy
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Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No
SCA/PG/2/1/084
Title
Archbishop Andrew Joseph McDonald, OSB, Diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Date
[20th cent]
Level
Item
Description
This postcard shows Archbishop McDonald dressed in his Archbishop's robes and hat, standing unsmiling outside a house window; Archbishop McDonald was born at Invernevis, Fort William, on 12th February 1871; he was ordained as a priest on 9th August 1896; on 27th August 1919, he was elected third Abbot of Fort Augustus; on 19th July 1929, he was nominated to the See of St Andrews and Edinburgh in succession to Archbishop James A Smith, who had died the previous year, and the new Archbishop was consecrated in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh on 24th September 1929; he died in Edinburgh on 22nd May 1950, aged 80, and was buried in the vault under the sanctuary in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh; full details of Archbishop McDonald's life can be found in his obituary on pp 336 to 341 of The Catholic Directory for 1951.
Physical Description
Black and white postcard; 8 x 13cms
Format
Post Card
AccessConditions
Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
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