Vincent Logan Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Bishop of Dunkeld
Church:Roman Catholic
Appointed:26 January 1981
Ended:30 June 2012
Predecessor:William Hart
Successor:Stephen Robson
Ordination:14 March 1964
Ordained By:Gordon Gray
Consecration:26 February 1981
Consecrated By:Gordon Gray
Birth Name:Vincent Paul Logan
Birth Date:30 June 1941
Birth Place:Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
Death Date:14 January 2021 (aged 79)
Death Place:Monifieth, Angus, Scotland
Motto:Verbum Dei proclamare

Vincent Paul Logan (30 June 1941  - 14 January 2021) was the ninth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, which was restored (with boundaries differing from those of the pre-Reformation diocese) by Pope Leo XIII on 4 March 1878. Until his resignation Bishop Logan was one of eight serving Catholic bishops in Scotland.

Biography

Vincent Logan was born in Bathgate, West Lothian on 30 June 1941, the second youngest of five brothers. As was common at the time, the young Vincent entered the junior seminary of St Mary's College at Blairs, near Aberdeen, where he completed his secondary education. His post-secondary education was at St Andrew's College, Drygrange, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, before being ordained to the Catholic priesthood on 14 March 1964 to serve in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Father Logan served in several parishes, eventually being appointed Vicar Episcopal for Religious Education in the Archdiocese. Father Logan was nominated as bishop by his mentor, Cardinal Gordon Gray. When, on 26 February 1981, he received episcopal consecration at Saint Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee, Bishop Logan was only 39 years of age and as such one of the youngest Catholic bishops in the world. The bishop announced in 2010 that he would be retiring at sixty nine years of age due to ill health and feeling unable to continue to with a fully active ministry.[1] Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Bishop of Dunkeld on 6 July 2012.[2]

He died on 14 January 2021, from COVID-19 in Monifieth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Bishop Vincent Logan to step down as Bishop of Dunkeld after almost 30 years in office. Scottish Catholic Media Office. 3 December 2010.
  2. News: Dunn . Ian . Vatican allows Bishop Logan to step down . . UK . 6 July 2012 . 10 November 2013 .
  3. Web site: Tributes paid after former Bishop of Dunkeld Vincent Logan dies from coronavirus. The Courier (Dundee). 14 January 2021.

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