William Hart (bishop)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = William Andrew Hart | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | title = Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld | church = Roman Catholic Church | diocese = Dunkeld | appointed = 27 May 1955 | term_end = 26 January 1981 | predecessor = James Scanlan | successor = Vincent Logan | ordination = 25 May 1929 | consecration = 21 September 1955 | consecrated_by = Donald Campbell | birth_date = 9 September 1904 | birth_place = Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | death_date = 18 October 1992 (aged 88) | death_place = Dundee, Angus, Scotland | buried = Balgay Cemetery | ordained_by = Remigio Gandásegui | parents = Daniel Hart and Margaret Hart (née Gallagher) | alma_mater = Royal Scots College }}

'''William Andrew Hart''' (9 September 1904 – 18 October 1992) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1955 to 1981.<ref name=chbhartw>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bhartw|Bishop William Andrew Hart|6 October 2010}}</ref>

== Biography == Born in Dumbarton, Scotland on 9 September 1904, he was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs 1919-1922 and the Royal Scots College, Valladolid (1922–29).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Christine |title=Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989 |publisher=John Donald Publishers Ltd |year=1991 |isbn=0 85976 345 5 |location=Edinburgh |pages=262, 388}}</ref> He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 May 1929 at Valladolid Cathedral for Glasgow Archdiocese.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Ambrosian Society |url=http://www.ambrosiansociety.org.uk/studentsv301-400/studentm357.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=www.ambrosiansociety.org.uk}}</ref> He was curate of St Mary's, Hamilton (1929–33) and St John's, Gorbals (1933–39).<ref name=":0" /> He served as a forces chaplain from 1939 to 1945 and was curate of St Michael's, Parkhead (1945–48).<ref name=":0" /> He was Vice-rector of the Royal Scots College, Valladolid (1948–49).<ref name=":1" /> He returned to Scotland in 1949 as parish priest of St Nicholas', Glasgow. He was parish priest of St Saviour's, Govan (1951–55).<ref name=":0" />

He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld by the Holy See on 27 May 1955, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 21 September 1955. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop James Black of Paisley and Bishop Joseph Michael McGee of Galloway.<ref name="chbhartw" /> He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962 –65).<ref name="chbhartw" />

He retired on 26 January 1981 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld. He died on 18 October 1992, aged 88.<ref name=chbhartw/> {{Portal|Catholicism}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before=James Donald Scanlan}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Dunkeld |years=1955–1981}} {{s-aft|after=Vincent Paul Logan}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, William Andrew}} Category:1904 births Category:1992 deaths Category:People from Dumbarton Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Category:Bishops of Dunkeld (Roman Catholic, Post-Reformation) Category:Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Category:Alumni of the Royal Scots College