- Priests & Vocations -

There was a 'Mission' at Kilsyth from 1840 -1865 and various priests served Kilsyth from the Catholic Church at Lennoxtown.

St Patrick's Kilsyth was established as a Parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh on the 5th January 1865.

Rev. Father MacLachlan

Rev. Father Gillon

 - Parish Priests - 

Rev. John Galvin - (1865-1873)

Rev. Jeremiah Bric - (1873-1873)

Very Rev. John Canon Murphy - (1865-1889)

Rev. John Lee - (1889-1890)

Very Rev. Michael Canon Turner - (1890-1903)

Right Rev. Mgr. Patrick MacNamara - (1903-1938)

Very Rev. Michael Canon Downey - (1938 - 1955)

Very Rev. Thomas Canon McGarvey - (1956-1972)

Very Rev. Denis Canon O'Connell - (1972-1987)

Very Rev. Karl Canon Kruger - (1987-1989)

Rev. Bernard Doonan - (1989-1990)

Rev. Charles Barclay (Parish Administrator) - (1990-1991)

Rev. Gerard R. Hand - (1991-2006)

Rev. James G. Tracey - (2006-2014)

Rev. Daniel Doherty - (2014-Present)

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 - Vocations from this Parish - Priests -  

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Rev. William O'Raw

Rev. Thomas Rice, C. M

Rev. David Brown

Rev. Patrick Kelly

Rev. John Callaghan

Rev. John Gordon

Rev. Patrick Brady

Rev. Alan Meechan S. V. D.

 - Vocations from this Parish - Religious - 

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Sister Mary Ann McCart

Sister Mary of the Angels

Sister Mary Rose Fitzsimmons

Sister Carmella Murphy

Sister Margaret Dempsey

Brother James Murphy

Brother Edward Coyle

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 - Sisters of St. Andrew's Convent Kilsyth - 

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Sister Adelaide

Sister Agnes

Sister Andrew

Sister Angela McFaul

Sister Anne Mary

Sister Assumpta

Sister Bernard

Sister Clement O'Connell

Sister Dolores

Sister Francoise

Sister Gertrude

Sister Helena

Sister Joseph

Sister Michael

Sister Raphael Swan

Sister Regina

Sister Winifrede

 - Assistant Priests - 
 

Rev. John M. Murphy (First Assistant Priest) - (1881-1885)

Rev. J. Andrew MacIntyre - (1899-1900)

Rev. Edward Blake - (1903-1915)

Rev. Daniel Murphy - (1915-1923)

Rev. James Harold - (1923-1928)

Rev. James F. Maxwell - (1928-1930)

Rev. John McGettigan - (1930-1938)

Rev. Patrick C. Lynch - (1931-1932)

Rev. Francis Kerr - (1938-1940)

Rev. Edward Gilchrist - (1939-1940)

Rev. Thomas A. Watt - (1940-1942)

Rev. Thomas McCarville - (1942-1947)

Rev. Edward McKay - (1942-1944)

Rev. John C. Barry - (1945-1946)

Rev. Francis Thomson - (1946-1948)

Rev. James Brennan (Ord. 1945) - (1947-1961)

Rev. William Anthony - (1948-1956)

Rev. Matthew Donaghue - (1956-1958)

Rev. Patrick McNulty - (1958-1961)

Rev. Gerald McCabe - (1961-1968)

Rev. Michael Bell - (1961-1972)

Rev. Andrew Shiels - (1968-1971)

Rev. Keith O'Brien - (1972-1974)

Rev. Desmond McKeever - (1973-1974)

Rev. Brian Byrne - (1974-1976)

Rev. Robert McGarrigle - (1974-1981)

Rev. Joseph Portelli - (1981-1983)

Rev. Joseph McIntyre - (1983-1985)

Rev. Thomas Mullen - (1985-1987)

Rev. George Paul - (1987-1989)

Rev. William Brennan - (1989-1990)

Rev. Steve Gilhooley - (1990-1993)

Rev. Jeremy Bath - (1993-1996)

Rev. Chris Heenan - (1996-1998)

Rev. Scott Deeley - (2004-2008)

Rev. Andrew Garden - (2013-2014)

Rev. Peter Amoah - (2018 - 2019)

Rev Sean Bradley - (2019 - 2020)

Rev William McQuillan - (2020 - present)

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 - Deacons & Visiting Priests - 
 

Rev Fr Robert Doherty - (variously 1930's - 1970's)

Rev Andrew Garden - (2010)

Rev John Deighan - (2011)

Rev Fr John Millar - (2012)

Rev Fr Anthony Maroj Parbu Mariadhassan - (2013)

Rev Bernard McNulty - (2014)

Rev Anthony Lappin - (2015)

Student Martin Eckash - (2017)

Rev. Patrick Harrigan - (2018)

Rev Fr Wojtak - (2019)

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 - Our Episcopal Heirarchy

(since the founding of St. Paul's Mission in Lennoxtown) - 

Vicar Apostolic - Bishop Alexander Paterson (Lowland District) - (1827-1831)

Vicar Apostolic - Bishop Andrew Carruthers (Co-adjutor - Eastern District) - (1832-1852)

Vicar Apostolic - Bishop James Gillis (Co-adjutor - Eastern District) - (1852-1864)

Vicar Apostolic - Bishop John Strain (Eastern District) - (1864-1878)

Archbishop John Strain - (1878-1883)

Archbishop William Smith - (1885-1892)

Archbishop Angus MacDonald - (1892-1900)

Archbishop James Smith - (1900-1928)

Archbishop Andrew McDonald - (1929-1950)

Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray - (1951-1985)

Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien - (1985-2013)

Archbishop Leo Cushley - (2013-Present)

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