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Repository	Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No	SCA/PG/2/1/173
Title	Rev Charles Burns, Diocese of Glasgow
Date	[20th cent]
Description	This head and shoulders photograph shows a half-smiling, half-blinking Rev Charles Burns in formal studio pose; Rev Burns was born at Glenboig, Lanarkshire on 27th January 1903 and was ordained priest at Valladolid on 25th May 1929; due to ill health, he had to resign as parish priest of St Martin's, Renton after only a few months there, and he lived in retirement at St Anne's, Musselburgh, where he died on 12th January 1962 aged only 58; further details of Rev Burns' life can be found on pp 305 to 306 of The Catholic Directory for 1963.
Physical Description	Black and white photograph; 16.75 x 21.5
Format	Photograph
AccessConditions	Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act

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