Donald Mackintosh (bishop)

The Most Reverend

Donald Mackintosh
Archbishop of Glasgow
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseGlasgow
Appointed24 February 1922
Term ended8 December 1943
PredecessorJohn Maguire
SuccessorDonald Campbell
Orders
Ordination1 November 1900
by Pietro Respighi
Consecration21 May 1922
by Gaetano de Lai
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born(1876-10-10)10 October 1876
Inverness, Scotland
Died8 December 1943(1943-12-08) (aged 67)
Bearsden, Scotland
BuriedSt Peter's Cemetery, Glasgow
NationalityScottish
EducationBlairs College
Alma materScots College in Rome,
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoRi guaillibh a chéile

Donald Mackintosh (10 October 1876[1] – 8 December 1943) was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow from 1922 to 1943.

Life

Donald Mackintosh was born on 10 October 1876 at Glasnacardoch, Inverness. Until he went to school his only language was Gaelic.[2] He studied for the priesthood at Blairs College near Aberdeen and the Paris lower seminary, followed by Scots College in Rome and the Pontifical Gregorian University.[2]

He was ordained priest on 1 November 1900. Soon afterwards he appointed Vice-Rector of the Scots College. In 1907, he was made a privy Chamberlain. Mackintosh became rector of the College in 1913,[3] and was made a Domestic Prelate the following year.

Mackintosh was appointed Archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Glasgow on 24 February 1922 and consecrated to the Episcopate on 21 May 1922. His principal consecrator was Cardinal Gaetano de Lai, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation, and the principal co-consecrators were Henry Gray Graham, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and Donald Martin, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.[4]

According to Thomas Gerard Gallagher, by 1940, "Archbishop Mackintosh was a chronic invalid who was unable to get around his archdiocese or properly supervise its activities."[5] He died in office on 8 December 1943,[3] aged 67. He had been a priest for 43 years and a bishop for 21 years. He was the principal consecrator of Andrew Thomas McDonald, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Glasgow, Archdiocese of", The Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement. I, Part 1, Charles George Herbermann, 1922]Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b Breen, John (1944). The Catholic Directory for the Clergy and Laity in Scotland 1944. Glasgow: John S. Burns & Sons. pp. 344–348.
  3. ^ a b "Archbishop Donald Mackintosh", The Glasgow Story
  4. ^ a b "Archbishop Donald Mackintosh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  5. ^ Gallagher, Thomas. Glasgow, the Uneasy Peace: Religious Tension in Modern Scotland, 1819-1914, Manchester University Press, 1987, p. 185ISBN 9780719023965
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Glasgow
1922–1943 		Succeeded by