| Bishop of Aberdeen |
Right Reverend Peter Antony Moran Ph.L.,S.T.L.,M.A
His formal education for the priesthood began with seven years at the Pontifical Scots College, Rome (1952-1959), where he was ordained priest in 1959, in the chapel of the Spanish College by Bishop Fernández Conde of Córdoba. He holds the degrees of Ph.L. and S.T.L. from the Pontifical Gregorian University and is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen [M.Ed.], as well as of the University of Glasgow [M.A. (Hons.) Classics.] At the request of his bishop he attended Glasgow University to prepare for a teaching post in Blairs College, the national Junior Seminary for all of Scotland. After graduating in 1963 he trained at Jordanhill College of Education and joined the Blairs College staff in 1964, to teach there until 1986. During that time (from 1979), he became Priest in Charge of St. Mary's Parish, Blairs, a post he held until 1993. For ten years he was Parish Priest of Inverurie and its satellite towns and villages and was a school chaplain in Inverurie, Kemnay and Alford Academies as well as in many primary schools in Aberdeenshire. For several years, he served as R.C. 'corresponding member' of Gordon Presbytery of the Church of Scotland. He served from 1986 to 2002 on the Education Committees of Grampian Region and later of Aberdeenshire. He is a Life Member of the Educational Institute of Scotland (E.I.S.) and chaplain to the French-speaking R.C community of (mainly oil-related) expatriates in Aberdeen. When Bishop Mario Conti became Archbishop of Glasgow in early 2002, Canon Peter Moran was elected to the caretaker post of Diocesan Administrator of Aberdeen. He was ordained Bishop of Aberdeen on 1st December 2003 by Archbishop Mario Conti in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Aberdeen. His personal motto is 'Gaudium et Spes' - Joy and Hope. |
