James Chisholm

(Diocese of Argyll and the Isles) Born in Strathglass, 11th July 1854, the son of Finlay Chisholm and Mary McRae; received subdiaconate from Bp. Serra of Daulia (Perth, Australia) in college church, 20th November 1881; ordained a priest, bishop’s private chapel, Palencia, 25th March 1882, and left for Scotland, 9th April 1882; a canon of the Argyll and the Isles chapter; returned to Morar and died there, 30th May 1948. (MT)

Date Age Description 11 Jul. 1854 Born Strathglass 1870-1875 16 Blairs 15 Sep. 1875 21 Arrived in the College 20 Nov. 1881 27 Received subdiaconate from Dom Serra, O.S.B., tit. Bp. of Daulia (former administrator of Perth, Australia) in college church 25 Mar. 1882 27 Ordained a priest, bishop’s private chapel, Palencia 9 Apr. 1882 27 Left for Scotland 1882 28 Moidart 1882-1898 28 Castlebay 1898-1899 44 Daliburgh 1899-1903 45 Castlebay 1903-1925 49 Arisaig 1925 71 Retired to Morar 30 May 1948 93 Died Morar

Report of the ordination of James Chisholm in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1883.

The Rev. James Chisholm was born in Strathglass on 11th July, 1854; entered Blairs College on 13th September, 1870; and was sent to the Scots College, Valladolid, in August, 1875. He received the Tonsure and Minor Orders on the 19th, and the Subdiaconate on the 20th, November, 1881, from Mgr. Serra, Bishop of Daulia, in the College Chapel; and was ordained Deacon on the 4th, and Priest on the 25th, March, 1882, by Mgr. Lozano y Terreira, Bishop of Palencia, in the Chapel of his Episcopal Palace. He returned to Scotland in April, served for some time in Moidart, and was then appointed assistant Priest in Barra.