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GORDON, James Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Right Reverend
(1665-1746) |
GORDON, James Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Right Reverend 1 2General Notes: "Rev. James Gordon, Glasterim Research Notes: 2ND LAIRD OF GLASTIRUM? Noted events in his life were: 1. returned: as missionary, 1692, To Scotland. 4 He was a 'missionary' because the Catholic Church had been dismantled at the time of the Reformation and its members outlawed, presumably as an early example of Christian fellowship on the part of the Church of Scotland. It is true that the only way this movement could lay claim to that title was by exiling or executing all who did not agree with its leaders. 2. Elected: coadjutor to Bishop Nicolson, 1702, Scotland. 4 3. Consecrated: Bishop of Nicopolis, April 1706, At Montefiascone. 4 4. Created: Vicar Apostolic, 1718, of Scotland. 4 |
1 Internet Site, myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sheena_charles/1715.htm.
2 e-books, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland by John Burke.
3 Internet Site, www.wikipedia.org.
4 Internet Site, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland by John Burke.
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