Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen - Past and Present Ordinaries

Past and Present Ordinaries

The following is a list of the modern Bishops of Aberdeen and its precursor offices:

Vicars Apostolic of the Highland District

• Alexander John Grant (appointed 16 September 1727 – died 19 September 1727)
• Hugh MacDonald (appointed 12 February 1731 – died 12 March 1773)
• John MacDonald (succeeded 12 March 1773 – died 9 May 1779)
• Alexander MacDonald (appointed 30 September 1779 – died 9 September 1791)
• John Chisholm (appointed 8 November 1791 – died 8 July 1814)
• Aeneas Chisholm (succeeded 8 July 1814 – died 31 July 1818)
• Ranald MacDonald (appointed 27 August 1819 – translated to the Western District 13 February 1827)

Vicars Apostolic of the Northern District

• James Kyle (appointed 13 February 1827 – died 23 February 1869)
• John MacDonald (succeeded 23 February 1869 – became Bishop of Aberdeen 15 March 1878)

Bishops of Aberdeen

• John MacDonald (appointed 15 March 1878 – died 4 February 1889)
• Colin Grant (appointed 16 July 1889 – died 26 September 1889)
• Hugh MacDonald, C.SS.R. (appointed 14 August 1890 – died 29 May 1898)
• Aeneas Chisholm (appointed 7 January 1899 – died 13 January 1918)
• George Henry Bennett (appointed 18 June 1918 – died 25 December 1946)
• John Alexander Matheson (appointed 2 August 1947 – died 5 July 1950)
• Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. (appointed 20 June 1951 – resigned 22 July 1963)
• Michael Foylan (appointed 8 December 1964 – died 28 May 1976)
• Mario Joseph Conti (appointed 28 February 1977 – translated to the Archdiocese of Glasgow 15 January 2002)
• Peter Antony Moran (appointed 13 October 2003 - resigned 4 June 2011)
• Hugh Gilbert OSB (incumbent, appointed 4 June 2011)