Paddy Shannon Explained

William Patrick Shannon (9 December 1909 – 1995)^[1] was an Anglican priest, most notably Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen^[2] from 1955^[3] until 1965.^[4]

Shannon was born in Glasgow in 1909, educated at the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Theological College, and ordained in 1934. After curacies in Edinburgh^[5] he was Rector of Haddington from 1939 until 1946 and then of Elgin until his appointment as Provost.^[6]

He died in 1995.^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZD-9Q8K England and Wales Death Registration Index: William Patrick Shannon
2. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbchomeservice/basic/1957-08-04 Genome
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" pp432: Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark
5. https://revruth.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/the-scottish-churchman-may-1937/ Rev Ruth
6. http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='MS%203320%2F6') University of Aberdeen
7. http://aberdeen.anglican.org/media/resources/201108_Northern_Light.pdf Northern Light