Kenneth Grant (bishop)

Kenneth Grant (1900–1959) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1945 to 1959.[1]

Born in Fort William, Scotland on 18 March 1900, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Glasgow on 24 April 1927. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 15 December 1945, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 27 February 1946. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop George Henry Bennett of Aberdeen and Bishop William Henry Mellon of Galloway.[1]

He died in office on 7 September 1959, aged 59.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bishop Kenneth Grant". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Donald Alphonsus Campbell		 Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
1945–1959 		Succeeded by
Stephen McGill
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