John Aloysius Mone (22 June 1929 – 14 October 2016) was the third

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Early life

John Mone was fourth of the six children of Arthur Mone and Elizabeth Dunn. Born in

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, he was raised in the

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district.

Priesthood

After studies with the

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and at the rue du Regard and the Institut Catholique in

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he was ordained to the priesthood on 12 June 1952. Thereafter he served as curate for twenty two years at St Ninian's in

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and for five years at Our Lady and St George in

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. In 1979 he was made parish priest of St Joseph's Tollcross.

Episcopate

On 24 April 1984 he was created auxiliary bishop of

and titular Bishop of Abercornia by

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and was consecrated by

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, at Holy Cross Church in Glasgow, the church where he had been baptised. He was translated to the see of Paisley on 8 March 1988 to succeed

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and was installed as its bishop at

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in Paisley on 14 May 1988. Mone served as ordinary of the

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until his retirement on 7 October 2004. During his episcopate and in retirement he frequently criticised the

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Detention Centre, a holding unit for

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. His

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was ''To Lead in Love''. Bishop Mone died at the Holy Rosary Home in

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on 14 October 2016.

References

External links

Dungavel unit closure demanded

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, 16 July 2003.
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