Vincent Paul Logan

The Right Reverend Vincent Paul Logan DD, is the 9th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, which was restored (with boundaries different from those of the pre-Reformation diocese) by Pope Leo XIII on 4 March 1878. Bishop Logan is one of eight Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland.

Vincent Logan was born in Bathgate on 30 June, 1941, the second youngest of five brothers. As was common at the time, the young Vincent entered the minor seminary of St, Mary's College (Blairs) near Aberdeen, where he completed his secondary education. His post-secondary education was at St. Andrew's College, Drygrange near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, before being ordained to the Catholic priesthood on 14 March 1964 to serve in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Father Logan served in several parishes, eventually being appointed as Vicar Episcopal for Religious Education in the Archdiocese. Father Logan was nominated as bishop by his mentor, Gordon Cardinal Gray. When, on 26 February 1981, he received episcopal ordination at Saint Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee, Bishop Logan was only 39 years of age, and one of the youngest bishops in the world.

External links

* [http://www.scmo.org/bishops_conference/diocese/dunkeld/dunkeld_diocese.htm Bishop of Dunkeld]
* [http://www.dunkelddiocese.org.uk/ Diocese of Dunkeld]