James McGinnes
(Eastern District) Born in Dundee, 7th May 1840, the son of Peter McGinnes and Helen Traynor; left, 27th April 1862, to complete his course in St.-Sulpice, returned to Scotland, July 1863, and ordained a priest by Bp. Gray in Glasgow, 7th May 1864; worked mostly in Dundee until returned to Valladolid as vice-rector, 29th August 1889, where he wrote The Ministry of the Word (Glasgow, 1891); left for Scotland, 11th June 1894, was assigned to Innerleithen, was made a canon of the St. Andrews and Edinburgh chapter, and died at Innerleithen, 18th April 1909.
| Date | Age | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1840 | Born Dundee | |
| 1851-1853 | 11 |
Blairs |
| 20 May 1853 | 13 |
Arrived in the College |
| 27 Apr. 1862 | 21 |
Left to complete his course in St.-Sulpice |
| Jul. 1863 | 23 |
Returned to Scotland |
| 1863-1864 | 23 |
Blairs |
| 7 May 1864 | 24 |
Ordained a priest by Bishop Gray in Glasgow |
| 1864 | 24 |
St Mary's, Dundee |
| 1864-1865 | 24 |
Haddington |
| 1865-1867 | 25 |
Jedburgh |
| 1867-1868 | 27 |
St Andrew's, Dundee |
| 1868-1878 | 24 |
St Joseph's, Dundee |
| 1878-1880 | 38 |
St Mary, Our Lady of Victories, Dundee |
| 1880-1889 | 40 |
Alloa |
| 29 Aug. 1889 | 49 |
Vice Rector, Valladolid |
| 11 Jun. 1894 | 54 |
Returned to Scotland |
| 1894-1897 | 54 |
St Patrick's, Edinburgh |
| 1897-1898 | 57 |
Girvan |
| 1898 | 58 |
Linlithgow |
| 1898-1909 | 58 |
Innerleithen |
| 18 Apr. 1909 | 68 |
Died Innerleithen |
Report of the ordination of James McGinness in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1865.
The Rev. James M‘Ginnes was born in Dundee on the 7th May 1840. He was sent to St Mary’s College, Blairs, on the 4th August 1851, and thence, on the 5th May 1853, to the Scots College of Valladolid, where he was ordained Subdeacon, on 21st September 1861, by Don Luis de Lastra y Cuesta, then Archbishop of that city. Not having reached the canonical age for the subsequent Orders, he was allowed to go to the Seminary of St Sulpice, where he entered in the end of April 1862, and remained till July 1863. He then returned to Scotland, and on the 15th September following, he re-entered Blairs College, where he remained till he was sent for ordination to Glasgow. There he received the Order of Deacon from the hands of the Right Rev. Dr Murdoch on the 6th, and was promoted to the Priesthood on the 7th May 1864, by the Right Rev. Dr Gray, being the first Priest ordained by that Prelate. He was then stationed at St Mary’s, Dundee, till the 20th June following, when he was sent to take temporary charge of the Mission of Haddington during the absence of the Rev. J. Prendergast.