CARMICHAEL, Donald Rector of St Peter's Seminary, Bearsden, Glasgow, Canon 1 2
- Born: 15 December 1833 1 2 3
- Baptised: 16 December 1833, Tomintoul RC parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2
- Died: 16 March 1902, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 3
General Notes:
"Donald was born on 15 December 1833 in Tomintoul and entered the Sulpician seminary at Issy, Vaugirard near Paris in 1845 before moving to the English Benedictine College, Douai in 1851. He spent nearly three years with the Benedictines at Douai before returning to the Sulpicians at St Sulpice, Paris in 1853 to complete his studies. Ordination to the priesthood followed in 1859, an event which took place at St Andrew's, Glasgow, where he remained for a short time before moving on to the large parish of St John's, also in Glasgow, for a period of ten years. After a three-year stint in Kilmarnock, Donald was assigned to St Mary's, Glasgow, a post which included duties at the Children's Refuge and membership of the School Board. His great-uncle's faith in him was evidently not misplaced, since Donald became a canon in the Catholic Church and later the rector of St Peter's College, Bearsden where he died, six years later, from pernicious anaemia, on 16 March 1902."
from My Dear Nephew by Lisa Curry 3
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