Kenneth Grant (18 March 1900 – 7 September 1959) was a

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clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1945 to 1959. Born in

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on 18 March 1900, he was educated at and St Peter's, Bearsden. He was

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to the priesthood for the

Archdiocese of Glasgow The Archdiocese of Glasgow was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the Scottish church. It was the second largest diocese in the Kingdom of Scotland, including Clydesdale, Teviotdale, parts of Tweeddale, Liddesdale, Annanda ...

on 24 April 1927, however served as curate in

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1927-1928. He returned to Glasgow and was curate of St Mary Immaculate,

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1928-1939. He was a forces

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from 1939-1945 and

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

of St Joseph's, Clarkston 1945-1946. He was appointed the

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of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the

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on 15 December 1945, and

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to the

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on 27 February 1946. The principal

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was Archbishop

Donald Alphonsus Campbell Donald Alphonsus Campbell (1894–1963) was a Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow from 1945 to 1963. Life Born in Bohuntine, Glen Roy, Inverness-shire on 8 December 1894, he was ordained to the priesthood on ...

of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop

George Henry Bennett George Henry Bennett (18508 September 1908) was a brewer and a politician. Bennett was born in Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland. His family emigrated to Australia in 1855. He managed the Victoria Sugar Co. and later, with a partner, owned Excelsi ...

of Aberdeen and Bishop

William Henry Mellon Coadjutor William Henry Mellon (6 January 1877 – 2 February 1952) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1943 to 1952. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 6 January 1877, he was ordained to the priesthoo ...

of Galloway. He died in office on 7 September 1959, aged 59.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Kenneth 1900 births 1959 deaths People from Fort William, Highland Roman Catholic bishops of Argyll and the Isles 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Scottish Roman Catholic bishops