John McLachlan
Deceased Person
1826 – 1893
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Who was John McLachlan?
John McLachlan was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1878 to 1893.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 7 September 1826, he was ordained to the priesthood on 16 March 1850. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 22 March 1878, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 23 May 1878. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Charles Petre Eyre of Glasgow, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop James Chadwick of Hexham and Newcastle and Bishop John MacDonald of Aberdeen.
He died in office on 16 January 1893, aged 66.
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