Peter Forbes

(Western District and Archdiocese of Glasgow) Born at Tomintoul, 23rd August 1843, the son of John Forbes and Catherine McDonald, and brother of Mgr. Henry Forbes, rector, Bearsden; ordained a priest in bishop’s private chapel, Valladolid, 6th June 1868, and left for Scotland, 14th June 1868; retired in ill health, 1896, and died at Clarkston, 2nd June 1933.

Date	Age	Description
23 Aug. 1843		Born, Tomintoul
1856-1862	13	Blairs
29 Sep. 1862	19	Arrived in the college
6 Jun. 1868	24	Ordained a priest in bishop’s private chapel, Valladolid
14 Jun. 1868	24	Left for Scotland
1868-1872	25	St Mary's, Glasgow
1872-1877	29	Kilmarnock
1877-1881	34	Kilbirnie
1881-1893	38	Chaplain, Franciscan Convent, Bothwell
1893-1896	50	Shotts
1896	53	Retired in ill health to Tomintoul
1932	89	Lost his eysight, and went to Clarkston
2 Jun. 1933	89	Died Clarkston

Report of the ordination of Donald McIntosh in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1869.

The Rev. Peter Forbes was born in Tomintoul, Banffshire, on the 23d August 1843; entered Blairs College, 14th July 1856; was sent to the Scots College of Valladolid in September 1862. He received the Tonsure and Minor Orders on the 6th, and the Sub-deaconship on 7th March. He was ordained Deacon on 17th May, and Priest on 6th June 1868. These orders he received - from the Cardinal Archbishop of Valladolid. On his return to Scotland, he was stationed at St Mary ’s Church, Glasgow.