After the Battle of Culloden, Bishop MacDonald decided it was wise to accept a place on a ship going to France, and there he stayed for...

While we are on the subject, this might be the time to say that history is probably a minority subject, at least for those who see it as...

In a previous post you will have noticed the division of Scotland into Highland and Lowland Vicariates. This occurred in 1727. Rev. Hugh...

A name mentioned in the passing in a recent post was Bishop Hugh MacDonald. He was born at Moeble on the southern shore of Loch Morar,...

In 1799, Bishop Hay decided that the remote location of Scalan was no longer required and he moved the seminary to Aquhorties, near...

Bishop Hay is, undoubtedly, the major figure in the revival of the Catholic Church in Scotland. He was the driving force on several...

When Bishop Grant died in 1778, Bishop Hay became Vicar Apostolic immediately. He, in his turn, set about finding a co-adjutor who could...

After his time in Preshome, in 1767, George Hay was appointed to be priest in Edinburgh and procurator of the Scottish Church. A year...

After reading “Popery: Represented and Misrepresented” this set him on course to be received into the Church. He visited London, this...

George Hay was born into a family of the Episcopalian faith in 1727. He was a medical student in Edinburgh at the time of the 1745...