Born in Drumillan Miln near New Abbey in Kirkcudbrightshire on 7 February 1770, he was the son of Catholic parents, Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg.[1] The priest and historian James Carruthers was his brother.[2]
Carruthers was ordained a priest on 25 March 1795. He was stationed first to the missionary station at Balloch on the Drummond Castle estate, in Perthshire, then in 1797 appointed as the chaplain to the Earl of Traquair at the Stuart family seat Traquair in Peeblesshire, and 1800 he moved to the mission at Munches, seat of the Maxwells at Dalbeattie in his native Kirkcudbrightshire.
Munches House, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire in 1797
Using a bequest from the late Agnes Maxwell, who died in 1809, the last of the Catholic Maxwells of Munches he built St Peter's Church in Dalbeattie which opened in 1814. On 29 June 2014 it celebrated its 200th anniversary.
St Peter's Catholic Church, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire
^Aspinwall, Bernard. "Carruthers, Andrew". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4768. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
andrew, carruthers, 1770, 1852, roman, catholic, bishop, served, vicar, apostolic, eastern, district, scotland, bishop, styles, reference, stylethe, right, reverendspoken, stylemy, lord, bishopcatholicism, portalborn, drumillan, miln, near, abbey, kirkcudbrigh. Andrew Carruthers 1770 1852 was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District of Scotland Bishop Andrew CarruthersStyles of Andrew CarruthersReference styleThe Right ReverendSpoken styleMy Lord or BishopCatholicism portalBorn in Drumillan Miln near New Abbey in Kirkcudbrightshire on 7 February 1770 he was the son of Catholic parents Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg 1 The priest and historian James Carruthers was his brother 2 Carruthers was ordained a priest on 25 March 1795 He was stationed first to the missionary station at Balloch on the Drummond Castle estate in Perthshire then in 1797 appointed as the chaplain to the Earl of Traquair at the Stuart family seat Traquair in Peeblesshire and 1800 he moved to the mission at Munches seat of the Maxwells at Dalbeattie in his native Kirkcudbrightshire Munches House Dalbeattie Kirkcudbrightshire in 1797Using a bequest from the late Agnes Maxwell who died in 1809 the last of the Catholic Maxwells of Munches he built St Peter s Church in Dalbeattie which opened in 1814 On 29 June 2014 it celebrated its 200th anniversary St Peter s Catholic Church Dalbeattie KirkcudbrightshireHe was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Ceramus by the Holy See on 28 September 1832 He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 13 January 1833 The principal consecrator was Bishop Thomas Penswick Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England and the principal co consecrators were Bishop Andrew Scott and Bishop James Kyle He died in office on 24 May 1852 aged 82 3 4 He was buried in St Mary s now the cathedral in Edinburgh References edit Aspinwall Bernard Carruthers Andrew Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 4768 Subscription or UK public library membership required Stephen Leslie ed 1887 Carruthers James Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co Brady W Maziere 1876 The Episcopal Succession in England Scotland and Ireland A D 1400 to 1875 Vol 3 Rome Tipografia Della Pace p 469 Bishop Andrew Carruthers Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved 30 September 2010 Catholic Church titlesPreceded byAlexander Paterson Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District1832 1852 Succeeded byJames Gillis Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Carruthers amp oldid 1214992620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
