Description | This pull-out from a publishing proof, entitled "Bishop Alexander Paterson, 1766-1831" shows a portrait of Bishop Paterson; Bishop Paterson was born at Pathhead, Enzie, Banffshire in March 1766 and ordained priest at Douai, France in [1791]; he was nominated titular bishop of Cybistra and coadjutor vicar apostolic on 14th May 1816, being consecrated at Paisley on 18th August 1816; he was succeeded on 20th August 1825 and translated to Eastern District on 13th February 1827; he died in Dundee on 30th October 1831. |