John Alexander Matheson (1901–1950) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1947 to 1950. Born in Tomintoul,

Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...

on 28 April 1901, he was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs 1916-1919 and the Scots College, Rome 1919-1925. He was ordained a priest on 7 March 1925 in Rome and served his curacy in

St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen The Cathedral Church of St Mary of the Assumption, usually known as St Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the home of the see of the Bishop of Aberdeen, who is the ordinary of ...

1925-1928. He was parish priest of Sacred Heart, Aberdeen 1928-1930; St Nathalan's,

Ballater Ballater (, gd, Bealadair) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains. Situated at an elevation of , Ballater is a centre for hikers and known for its spring water, once said to cure ...

1930-1943 and St Mary's, Dufftown 1943-1947. He was appointed the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen ( la, Dioecesis Aberdonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. Foundation The see is the successor of that founded in 1012 at Mortlach by Beyn, which was moved t ...

by the Holy See on 2 August 1947, and

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

to the Episcopate on 24 September 1947. The principal consecrator was Archbishop

Andrew Thomas McDonald Andrew Thomas McDonald, O.S.B., (12 February 1871 – 22 May 1950) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Life Born in Fort William on 12 February 1871, ...

, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop

Kenneth Grant Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a by ...

and Bishop (later Archbishop) James Donald Scanlan. He died in office on 5 July 1950, aged 49, and was succeeded as Bishop of Aberdeen by Francis Walsh, with whom he had attended

Fordyce Academy Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 19 ...

in their youth.BISHOP FRANCIS WALSH, WHITE FATHER 1901—1974
at thepelicans.org, accessed 11 April 2018

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matheson, John Alexander 1901 births 1950 deaths Bishops of Aberdeen People educated at Fordyce Academy 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Scottish Roman Catholic bishops People from Ballater People from Moray