Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Term: | 1791–1814 |
Predecessor: | Alexander MacDonald |
Successor: | Aeneas Chisholm |
Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Oreus |
Ordination: | 17 April 1775 |
Consecration: | 12 February 1792 |
Consecrated By: | George Hay |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1752 |
Birth Place: | Strathglass, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Death Date: | 8 July 1814 (aged 62) |
Death Place: | Lismore, Scotland |
Alma Mater: | Scots College, Douai |
John Chisholm (12 February 1752 – 8 July 1814) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.
Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 12 February 1752, he was sent to the Scots College, Douai,[1] where he was ordained a priest on 17 April 1775. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Oreus by the Holy See on 8 November 1791. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 February 1792. The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District.
In 1801, he founded Lismore Seminary. He died in office on 8 July 1814, aged 62[2] [3] and is buried at Lismore.[4]
. William Maziere Brady. The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876. Tipografia Della Pace. Rome. 3. 467.