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Catholic bishop

The Right ReverendJames Kyle
Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District
Portrait by James Bisset, Blairs Museum
Church	Roman Catholic
In office	1827–1869
Successor	John MacDonald
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Germanicia
Orders
Ordination	21 March 1812by Alexander Cameron
Consecration	28 September 1828by Alexander Paterson
Personal details
Born	22 September 1788Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	23 February 1869 (aged 80)Preshome, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish

James Francis Kyle (22 September 1788 – 23 February 1869) was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the first Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of Scotland.

Born in Edinburgh on 22 September 1788, he was ordained a priest on 21 March 1812. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District (formerly known the Highland District) and Titular Bishop of Germanicia by the Holy See on 13 February 1827. He was consecrated to the Episcopate at Aberdeen on 28 September 1828. The principal consecrator was Bishop Alexander Paterson, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Ranald MacDonald and Bishop Thomas Penswick. With assistance from architects A & W Reid, he designed St Peter's Church in Buckie, build between 1851 and 1857,[1] and worked on numerous other buildings in the diocese.[2]

He died at the Bishop's House on 23 February 1869, aged 80.[3][4]

1. ^ Walker and Woodworth (2015). Pevsner Architectural Guides - The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire: North and Moray. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 487–489. ISBN 9780300204285.
2. ^ "(Right Reverend) James Kyle". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
3. ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 474.
4. ^ "Bishop James Kyle". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 October 2010.