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john gray -lrb- bishop -rrb-
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john gray -lrb- bishop -rrb-

john gray -lrb- 1817 -- 1872 -rrb- was a roman catholic bishop who served as the vicar apostolic of the western district of scotland .
born in buckie , moray on 16 june 1817 , he was the son of william gray and joanna gray -lrb- née scott -rrb- .
he entered the scots college in rome on 30 september 1838 , and took the oath on 25 march 1839 .
he was ordained a subdeacon on 27 march 1841 , a deacon on 10 april 1841 , and a priest on 1 may 1841 .
he left the scots college for the mission in scotland on 17 april 1843 .
he was appointed the coadjutor vicar apostolic of the western district and titular bishop of `` ipsus '' by the holy see on 6 may 1862 , and consecrated to the episcopate at st andrew 's cathedral , glasgow on 19 october 1862 .
the principal consecrator was david moriarty , bishop of ardfert and aghadoe , and the principal co-consecrators were bishop james kyle and bishop john murdoch .
on the death of bishop john murdoch on 15 december 1865 , he automatically succeeded as the vicar apostolic of the western district .
the following year , james lynch was appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic to bishop gray on 31 august 1866 .
bishop gray resigned as vicar apostolic of the western district on 4 march 1869 .
however , he was not succeeded by bishop lynch , who was relieved of his scottish coadjutorship on 4 april 1869 and translated to the coadjutorship of kildare and leighlin in ireland on 13 april 1869 , and eventually succeeded as bishop of that diocese on 5 march 1888 .
instead , bishop gray was succeeded by archbishop charles petre eyre , who was appointed apostolic administrator of the western district on 16 april 1869 .
bishop gray died on 14 january 1872 , aged 54 .
