John Alexander Matheson (1901–1950) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen

Bishop of Aberdeen

The Bishop of Aberdeen was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Nechtan...

 from 1947 to 1950.

Born in Tomintoul

Tomintoul

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, Moray

Moray

Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...

 on 28 April 1901, he was ordained

Holy Orders

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 a priest

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

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 on 7 March 1925. He was appointed the Bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 of the Diocese of Aberdeen

Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.-Foundation:The see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Blessed Beyn. The earliest mention of the old See of Aberdeen is in the charter of the foundation, by the Earl of Buchan, of the...

 by the Holy See

Holy See

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 on 2 August 1947, and consecrated

Consecration

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 to the Episcopate

Episcopal polity

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 on 24 September 1947. The principal consecrator

Consecrator

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 was Archbishop Andrew Thomas McDonald

Andrew Thomas McDonald

Andrew Thomas McDonald, O.S.B., was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland....

, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Kenneth Grant

Kenneth Grant (bishop)

Kenneth Grant was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1945 to 1959.Born in Fort William, Scotland on 18 March 1900, he was ordained to the priesthood of Glasgow on 24 April 1927...

 and Bishop (later Archbishop) James Donald Scanlan

James Donald Scanlan

James Donald Scanlan was a Roman Catholic prelate who served firstly as the Bishop of Dunkeld, then Bishop of Motherwell, and ultimately Archbishop of Glasgow....

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He died in office on 5 July 1950, aged 49.