Complex sentence: He served as Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh from 1951 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969, the first Scottish resident Cardinal since the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy in 1878 and, indeed, since the Reformation.
Split into simpler sentences: He served as Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh from 1951 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. He was the first resident Scottish cardinal since the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy in 1878 and, indeed, since the Reformation.