Robert Grant

(Western District and Archdiocese of Glasgow) Born at Strathavon, Banffshire, on 10th July 1842, the son of John Grant and Jessie (Grant ?); ordained a priest in church of Visitation nuns, Valladolid, 20th April 1867, and left for Scotland, 14th June 1867; retired, 1901, and died in Calais, 20th March 1909.

Date	Age	Description
10 Jul. 1842		Born Strathavon, Banffshire
1856-1858	14	Blairs
25 Sep. 1858	16	Arrived in the College
20 Apr. 1867	24	Ordained a priest in church of Visitation nuns, Valladolid
14 Jun. 1867	24	Left for Scotland
1867	25	Dumbarton
1867-1871	25	St Mary's, Glasgow
1871-1878	29	Shotts
1878-1885	36	Alexandria
1885	43	St Laurences's, Greenock
1885-1889	43	Shotts
1889-1894	47	St Mary's, Glasgow
1894-1895	52	No address given
1895-1898	53	Barrhead
1898-1901	56	St Patrick's, Coatbridge
1901	59	Retired to England and France
20 Mar. 1909	66	Died Calais

Report of the ordination of Robert Grant in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1868.

The Rev. Robert Grant was born in Strathaven, Banffshire, 10th July 1842. He was admitted into Blairs College, 14th July 1856, and sent, 14th Sept. 1858, to the Scots College of Valladolid. Having received the Tonsure and Minor Orders from Don Juan Ignacio Moreno, Abp. of Valladolid, in his private Oratory on the 16th, he was ordained Subdeacon 17th March, and Deacon 6th April, and on the 20th of same month, 1867, being Holy Saturday, he was promoted to the Priesthood by the same Prelate in the Church of the Nuns of the Visitation. He arrived in Scotland on 3d of July following, and was sent to supply in Dumbarton. In a short time he was removed to St Mary’s, Glasgow.