Not to be confused with Alex Cameron, Canada-born American Anglican bishop.
Alexander Cameron (28 July 1747 – 7 February 1828) was a Scottish Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District, Scotland.
Born in Braemar, Aberdeenshire on 28 July 1747, he was the son of James Cameron and Margery Macktinosh. He spent four years at Scalan before entering the Scots College in Rome on 22 December 1764, and took the oath there on 1 June 1765. Seven years later, he received Holy Orders as a subdeacon on 19 January 1772, a deacon on 26 January 1772, and a priest on 2 February 1772, all from Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, in the chapel of the Scots College. He returned to Scotland and was placed in charge of the mission at Strathavon in Banffshire. The young Cameron was then appointed Rector of the Royal Scots College, Valladolid and travelled to Spain in the summer of 1780.[1]
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