# Henry Grey Graham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Grey_Graham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_Grey_Graham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grey_Graham > Source revision: 1275482861 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish Catholic clergyman and author}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend) | name = | honorific_suffix = | title = [Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of St Andrews and Edinburgh](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St_Andrews_and_Edinburgh) | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | appointed = 30 August 1917 | elected = | term = | enthroned = | began = | term_start = | quashed = | ended = 31 March 1930 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | opposed = | other_post = [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_Bishop) of ''[Tipasa in Numidia](/source/Tipasa_in_Numidia)'' (1917–30) | ordination = 22 December 1906 | ordained_by = [Pietro Respighi](/source/Pietro_Respighi) | consecration = 16 November 1917 | consecrated_by = [John Aloysius Maguire](/source/John_Aloysius_Maguire) | cardinal = | rank = | created_cardinal_by = | birth_name = 8 March 1874 | birth_date = | birth_place = [Maxton](/source/Maxton%2C_Roxburghshire), [Roxburghshire](/source/Roxburghshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) | baptised = | baptized = | death_date = 5 December 1959
(aged 85) | death_place = [Crosshill](/source/Crosshill%2C_Glasgow), [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland | buried = Dalbeth Cemetery, Glasgow | nationality = | religion = [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) (previously [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland)) | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | previous_post = | profession = Clergyman and author | alma_mater = [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews)
[Pontifical Scots College, Rome](/source/Pontifical_Scots_College) | signature = | coat_of_arms = | motto = ''Gustate et videte'' | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = | other = | module = | module2 = | retired = | laicized = }}'''Henry Grey Graham''' (8 March 1874 – 5 December 1959) was a Scottish [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) clergyman and author. == Biography == He was born at the [manse](/source/manse) in [Maxton, Roxburghshire](/source/Maxton%2C_Roxburghshire), his father being the local [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland) minister. He attended the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) where he graduated [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) in 1893 and [Bachelor of Divinity](/source/Bachelor_of_Divinity) in 1896, and also lectured at the university in Hebrew and Oriental Studies (1896–97). He was licensed as a [Minister](/source/Ministers_and_elders_of_the_Church_of_Scotland) in 1897 and elected parish minister of [Avondale, Lanarkshire](/source/Avondale%2C_South_Lanarkshire) in 1901.{{Cite book |title=The Catholic Directory for the Clergy and Laity in Scotland 1960 |publisher=John S. Burns & Sons |year=1960 |location=Glasgow |pages=334–336}} He was received into the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) in 1903 at [Fort Augustus Abbey](/source/Fort_Augustus_Abbey), and entered the [Scots College Rome](/source/Scots_College_(Rome)) to train for the [priesthood](/source/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church). He was ordained priest on 22 December 1906 by [Cardinal Respighi](/source/Pietro_Respighi) at the [Lateran Basilica](/source/Lateran_Basilica) in [Rome](/source/Rome) and returned to Scotland in July 1907.{{Cite web |title=Bishop Henry Grey Graham [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgra.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}{{Cite book |last=Welsh |first=Rev. Thomas |title=The Catholic Directory for the Clergy and Laity in Scotland 1908 |publisher=Sands & Co. |year=1908 |location=Edinburgh |pages=260}} He served as an assistant firstly at [Larkhall](/source/Larkhall) and then [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell_Cathedral), and then was given charge of St Mary's [Longriggend](/source/Longriggend). He was appointed [Auxiliary Bishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St_Andrews_and_Edinburgh) and Titular Bishop of ''Tipasa in Numidia'' on 30 August 1917 to assist [Archbishop James Smith](/source/James_Smith_(archbishop_of_St_Andrews_and_Edinburgh)). He was [consecrated](/source/Episcopal_Ordination) to the [Episcopate](/source/Episcopate) on 16 November 1917 at [St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh](/source/St_Mary's_Cathedral%2C_Edinburgh_(Catholic)). The principal [consecrator](/source/consecrator) was [Archbishop John Maguire of Glasgow](/source/John_Aloysius_Maguire) and the principal co-consecrators were [Bishop James McCarthy of Galloway](/source/James_William_McCarthy_(bishop)) and [Bishop John Toner of Dunkeld](/source/John_Toner_(bishop)). In 1930, he returned to Glasgow as parish priest of Holy Cross, [Crosshill](/source/Crosshill%2C_Glasgow). He continued to undertake episcopal functions such as assisting with the administering of [Holy orders](/source/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church) and [confirmation](/source/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church) in the Archdiocese. He died on 5 December 1959. == Writings == * ''[Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church](/source/iarchive%3Awherewegotbible0000grah%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up)'' (1911) * ''[Saint Margaret Queen of Scotland](/source/iarchive%3Astmargaretqueeno00grahiala%2Fpage%2Fn9%2Fmode%2F2up)'' (1911) * ''[What Faith Really Means](/source/iarchive%3Awhatfaithreallym00grahiala%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up)'' (1914) * ''Hindrances to Conversion'' * ''From the Kirk to the Catholic Church'' == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Henry Grey}} Category:1874 births Category:1959 deaths Category:Alumni of the Scots College, Rome Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Category:Scottish Roman Catholic bishops --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Henry Grey Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grey_Graham) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grey_Graham?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.