Record

Repository	Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No	SCA/PG/1/1/408
Title	Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray, Diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Date	[20th cent]
Level	Item
Description	This photograph shows a newly built church, with what appears to be newly-built houses behind it; [it may well have been taken on the occasion when the church was officially opened] and shows a line of clergy, including probably Cardinal Gray, processing into the church, watched by surrounding parishioners dressed in 1950-style clothes; there is no indication of the name of the church or the location, but the photograph was taken by an Edinburgh photographer; Cardinal Gray was born in Leith, Edinburgh in 1910 and was ordained to the priesthood on 15th June 1935; he was appointed as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 1951, a position which he held until his retirement in 1985, a period of 34 years; in 1969, he became the first resident Scottish Cardinal in Scotland since the Reformation; he died in Edinburgh on 19th July 1993, aged 82; full details of Cardinal Gray's life can be found on pp 430 to 436 of The Catholic Directory for Scotland for 1994.
Physical Description	Black and white photograph; 17 x 21.5cms
Format	Photograph
AccessConditions	Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act

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