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Archbishop of Glasgow

Thomas Winning Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow Church Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese Glasgow Appointed 23 April 1974 Term ended 17 June 2001 Predecessor James Donald Scanlan Successor Mario Joseph Conti Other post Cardinal-priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte Previous posts Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow and Titular Bishop of Lugmad (1971–1974) Orders Ordination 18 December 1948 (Priest) Consecration 30 November 1971 (Bishop) by James Donald Scanlan Created cardinal 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II Rank Cardinal-priest Personal details Born Thomas Joseph Winning 3 June 1925 Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 17 June 2001 (aged 76) Glasgow, Scotland Buried Crypt of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow Parents Thomas Winning and Agnes Winning (née Canning) Alma mater Our Lady's High School, Motherwell Motto Caritas Christi urget nos Coat of arms

**Thomas Joseph Winning** [FRSE](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) [FEIS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Educational_Institute_of_Scotland) (3 June 1925 – 17 June 2001) was a Scottish [Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)). He served as [Archbishop of Glasgow](/source/Archbishop_of_Glasgow) from 1974 and President of the [Bishops' Conference of Scotland](/source/Bishops'_Conference_of_Scotland) from 1985 until his death. Winning was elevated to the [cardinalate](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) in 1994.

## Early years

Tom Winning was the oldest child of two born to a devout Roman Catholic family in [Wishaw](/source/Wishaw), [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire). His father, the son of an Irish immigrant from [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal), had worked as a coal-miner, served in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), and was then employed in the [steel industry](/source/Steel).[1] On losing his job, his father invested in machinery for making boiled sweets which he sold around the houses in the district as a way of bringing in money for his family. Winning attended St Patrick's Primary, Shieldmuir, [Craigneuk](/source/Craigneuk). He served as an [altar boy](/source/Altar_boy)[2] and chorister. Then, while at Our Lady's High School, [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell%2C_North_Lanarkshire), he expressed the desire to become a priest.

## Priesthood

Winning was appointed to [St Peter's Seminary, Bearsden](/source/St_Peter's_Seminary%2C_Bearsden), at age 17.[3][4] He began training in Saint Mary's College, Blairs, [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen), where philosophy students of St Peter's were temporarily being housed and taught and then moved to St Peter's, Bearsden. When a fire in Bearsden destroyed the seminary during renovation works, the entire college community was moved from there to [St Joseph's College](/source/Mill_Hill#Religious_sites), [Mill Hill](/source/Mill_Hill), London. After the war ended, he was part of the first group of students to be sent to re-populate the [Scots College](/source/The_Scots_College_(Rome)) in Rome. The college had been empty of students since 1939. He was ordained in the [Church of St John Lateran](/source/Basilica_of_St._John_Lateran), in Rome, on 18 December 1948 for the [Diocese of Motherwell](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Motherwell).

His first appointment was as an assistant ([curate](/source/Curate)) at St. Aloysius, Chapelhall, [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire), but after a year he returned to Rome to study [Canon Law](/source/Canon_Law), gaining in 1953 a [Doctor of Canon Law (J.C.D.)](/source/Doctor_of_Canon_Law_(Catholic_Church)). Thereafter, he was [curate](/source/Curate) in St Mary's Church in [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire) from 1953-57 and from 1956 priest-secretary to Bishop [James Donald Scanlan](/source/James_Donald_Scanlan) of Motherwell. After a period in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral in [Motherwell](/source/Diocese_of_Motherwell) from 1957-58, he became Chaplain to the [Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franciscan_Sisters_of_the_Immaculate_Conception&action=edit&redlink=1) in Bothwell until 1961. At this point, he became Spiritual Director at the Pontifical Scots College. Soon after his arrival in Rome, the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council) was convened and he was therefore uniquely placed to be involved with the bishops during those historic years of the various Sessions of the council. At the same time, he continued his studies becoming an advocate of the [Sacred Roman Rota](/source/Sacred_Roman_Rota) in 1965. In the late-1960s, after his return to Scotland, he was appointed minute secretary for the meetings of the [Bishops' Conference of Scotland](/source/Bishops'_Conference_of_Scotland).[3][4]

In 1966, he was called back to Scotland where he was appointed to his first charge as Parish Priest in Saint Luke's, [Motherwell](/source/Diocese_of_Motherwell), where he remained until 1970 when he was appointed as the first Officialis of the newly formed Scottish National Tribunal.[3][4]

## Episcopate

On 22 October 1971, Winning was nominated to the [episcopacy](/source/Episcopacy), as [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) to the [Archbishop of Glasgow](/source/Archbishop_of_Glasgow), being consecrated [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_bishop) of *[Lugmad](/source/Louth%2C_County_Louth)* on 30 November 1971 and three years later on 23 April 1974, succeeded Archbishop Scanlan when he was translated to the [Metropolitan see of Glasgow](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Glasgow). In 1975, he became the first Roman Catholic [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop) to address the [General Assembly of the Church of Scotland](/source/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland) in the history of that Church. After his appointment to the [College of Cardinals](/source/College_of_Cardinals) (see below), he was invited once again to address the General Assembly.[3][4]

Winning was often outspoken, and unafraid to publicly expound the Roman Church's understanding of moral matters such as abortion and homosexuality (becoming a supporter of a campaign in 2000, led by businessman [Brian Souter](/source/Brian_Souter), against the repeal of [Section 28](/source/Section_28)) and ecclesiastical matters such as the celibacy of priests. He challenged the [Act of Settlement](/source/Act_of_Settlement_1701). He also began a scheme to give financial support to young mothers, as an alternative to abortion. He rejected a plan to renovate and extend [St Andrew's Cathedral](/source/St._Andrew's_Cathedral%2C_Glasgow), as the money would be better spent on the poor of the Archdiocese. He played a major role in bringing [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) to the UK in 1982, a visit that was almost called off because of the [Falklands Conflict](/source/Falklands_Conflict) that coincided with the scheduled visit. Winning is thought to have convinced the Pope to continue with the visit which was the first official visit to the United Kingdom by any Pope.[3][4]

## Cardinalate

On 26 November 1994, he was elevated to the [College of Cardinals](/source/College_of_Cardinals) by [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) and appointed [cardinal-priest](/source/Cardinal-priest) of [Sant'Andrea delle Fratte](/source/Sant'Andrea_delle_Fratte). Winning was only the second cardinal since the [Reformation](/source/Scottish_Reformation) to be based in Scotland. He was awarded honorary degrees from the universities of [Aberdeen](/source/University_of_Aberdeen) (LL.D. 1996), [Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) (DD, 1983) and [Strathclyde](/source/University_of_Strathclyde) (D. Univ, 1992); [Glasgow University](/source/University_of_Glasgow) made him an honorary Professor in the [Faculty](/source/Faculty_(university)) of [Divinity](/source/Divinity) in 1996. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the [Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity) and to the [Pontifical Council for the Family](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Family), November 1994 until his death.[3][4]

## Death

Thomas Winning died in office in June 2001, following a heart attack and is interred in the crypt of [St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow](/source/St_Andrew's_Cathedral%2C_Glasgow).[3][4] His successor as Archbishop of Glasgow was [Mario Conti](/source/Mario_Joseph_Conti).[5]

In June 2011, two separate schools in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) combined into one new school located in [Tollcross](/source/Tollcross%2C_Glasgow) which they voted to call Cardinal Winning after the late [Archbishop of Glasgow](/source/Archbishop_of_Glasgow). The new Cardinal Winning Secondary opened on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 and contains pupils from St Joan of Arc and St Aidan's, two schools located in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bertie Ahern's Address to the Scottish Parliament"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110605174208/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-01/pa01-043.htm). *Parliamentary News Release*. The Scottish Parliament. 20 June 2001. Archived from [the original](http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-01/pa01-043.htm) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Seenan, Gerard. "Scotland's turbulent priest", *The Guardian*, 18 August 2000](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/aug/19/religion)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-mirandaswinning_3-6) Miranda, Salvador. ["Thomas Joseph Winning"](https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-w.htm#Winning). *The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church*. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-chbwinning_4-6) ["Thomas Joseph "Cardinal" Winning"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwinning.html). *[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)*. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-chbcontim_5-0)** ["Archbishop Mario Joseph Conti"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcontim.html). *[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)*. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["New school has that Winning feeling"](http://www.sconews.co.uk/youth/5842/new-school-has-that-winning-feeling/). SCO News. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

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