John Geddes | |
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| Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of the Lowland District | |
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| Church | Catholic |
| Appointed | 30 September 1779 |
| Term ended | 26 October 1797 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Morocco o Marruecos |
| Previous post(s) | Rector of the Royal Scots College (1770–1780) Master of the Seminary of Scalan (1762–1767; 1793) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 March 1759 by Giuseppe Spinelli |
| Consecration | 30 November 1780 by Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1735 Mains of Corridoun, Enzie, Banffshire, Scotland |
| Died | 11 February 1799 (aged 63) Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Buried | Snow Kirk, Aberdeen |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Scots College |
| Motto | Ambula coram Deo et esto perfectus |
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John Geddes (9 September 1735 – 11 February 1799) was a Scottish Catholic prelate who served as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District from 1779 to 1797. He was also rector of the Royal Scots College, Valladolid, from 1771 to 1780.[1][2][3] In addition to his writings about the history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Geddes is particularly important for his friendship with Scottish national poet Robert Burns, from whom he received the now priceless volume known as The Geddes Burns.[4]
- ^ Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 3, pp. 460–461.
- ^ "Bishop John Geddes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of See, page 22". GCatholic.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Burns is our man, for a’ that as anti-Catholic myth debunked, "National bard’s supposed anti-Catholicism is not just ill-founded, it flies in the face of his friendship with a leading Catholic, writes Michael Diamond", by Michael Diamond, Scottish Catholic Observer, January 24th, 2020.