James Kyle (bishop)

James Francis Kyle (22 September 1788 – 23 February 1869) was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the first Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of Scotland.

Styles of
James Kyle
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord or Bishop

Life

Born in Edinburgh on 22 September 1788, he was ordained a priest on 21 March 1812. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District (formerly known the Highland District) and Titular Bishop of Germanicia by the Holy See on 13 February 1827. He was consecrated to the Episcopate at Aberdeen on 28 September 1828. The principal consecrator was Bishop Alexander Paterson, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Ranald MacDonald and Bishop Thomas Penswick. With assistance from architects A & W Reid, he designed St Peter's Church in Buckie, build between 1851 and 1857,[1] and worked on numerous other buildings in the diocese.[2]

He died at the Bishop's House on 23 February 1869, aged 80.[3][4]

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References
  1. Walker and Woodworth (2015). Pevsner Architectural Guides - The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire: North and Moray. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 487–489. ISBN 9780300204285.
  2. "(Right Reverend) James Kyle". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 474.
  4. "Bishop James Kyle". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
Catholic Church titles
New title Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District
1827–1869		 Succeeded by
John MacDonald
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