Born in
Edinburgh on 22 September 1788, he was
ordained a
priest on 21 March 1812. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District (formerly known the
Highland District) and
Titular Bishop of
Germanicia by the
Holy See on 13 February 1827. He was
consecrated to the
Episcopate at
Aberdeen on 28 September 1828. The principal
consecrator was Bishop
Alexander Paterson, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop
Ranald MacDonald and Bishop Thomas Penswick. With assistance from architects A & W Reid, he designed
St Peter's Church in
Buckie, build between 1851 and 1857, and worked on numerous other buildings in the diocese. He died at the Bishop's House on 23 February 1869, aged 80. ==References==