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Charles Eyre (bishop)

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290: 46: 302: 514:(1869–70), he returned to Scotland in a mission to build schools and to unite the Scottish catholic community, bitterly divided between Scottish and Irish Catholics. In 1874, he opened St Peter's Seminary at Bearsden (subsequently removed to Cardross under the same name). 1369: 488: 877: 503: 337:, England, on 7 November 1817, he was the fifth of nine children of John Lewis Eyre (died 1880) and Sara Eyre, née Parker (died 1825). His father later became a director at the 1379: 891: 526: 949: 422: 449:
Although previously considered for other bishoprics, it was not until 29 November 1868 that he was officially nominated for a prelacy. He was appointed
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clergyman who was appointed the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow since the Scottish Reformation. He served as archbishop from 1878 to 1902.
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He died at his home in Glasgow on 27 March 1902, aged 84. He was buried in his seminary at Bearsden; now the site of the new
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in March 1869, charged with organising the re-establishment of Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. After attending the
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there on 19 March 1842. He returned to England and was appointed an assistant priest at St Andrew's Catholic Church,
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on 15 March 1878. The Western District was divided into the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the
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in 1844; becoming the senior priest there in 1847. Afterwards, he took positions at
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The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875
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Glasgow, the Uneasy Peace: Religious Tension in Modern Scotland, 1819–1914
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by the bishop on 25 May 1839. In December 1839, he entered the
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Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004),
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McHugh, Mary (2004). "Eyre, Charles Petre (1817–1902)".
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Despite some resistance among Scottish Catholics, the
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19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland
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His body was later moved to 582:was opened as a private secondary and 1380:Roman Catholic archbishops of Glasgow 667: 628: 421:in 1843, before being transferred to 7: 494:Following the resignation of Bishop 353:and suffered land loss as a result. 738:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 506:on 16 April 1869. He travelled to 491:, Titular Archbishop of Melitene. 475:on 31 January 1869. 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The Most Reverend
Archbishop of Glasgow

Roman Catholic Church
Glasgow
John Aloysius Maguire
Vicar Apostolic of the Western District
Titular Archbishop
Anazarbus
Apostolic Delegate
Scotland
Priest
Bishop
Karl-August von Reisach
Askham Bryan
York
England
Glasgow
Scotland
Bearsden
St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow
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St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw
Venerable English College
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