Bishop Edward W. Douglas
 Rev.
Edward Wilson Douglas, parish priest of St. Anthony’s, Govan, Glasgow,
was consecrated first Bishop of Motherwell, by Donald Campbell,
Archbishop of Glasgow, at Motherwell, 21st April 1948. Born at Glasgow
26th August 1901, educated at St. Aloysius's College, Glasgow, ordained 1st May 1924, he spent fifteen years on the
staff of St. Mary’s College, Blairs, where he was choirmaster and
organist before returning to parish work in
Glasgow, first at Glenboig and afterwards at Govan.
The
establishment of a new diocese and the creation of the institutions
through which it functions are demanding tasks. In an episcopate which
was to last only six years, Bishop Douglas supervised this
reorganisation of Catholic life in Lanarkshire on the new diocesan
basis.
Fourteen new parishes were established and two new
churches built in older parishes, six new religious orders were
introduced, the Cathedral Chapter erected, and deaneries regrouped.
Because of continuing ill-health, Bishop Douglas resigned on 9th
February 1954 when he was translated to the titular bishopric of Botrys.
He died on 12th June 1967 and was buried in St. Patrick’s cemetery,
New Stevenson, Lanarkshire.
The Bishop's brother, l r. Robert Douglas. was, in 1954, parish
priest at Halfway, Cambuslang.
See also:
• Possible
armorial in Bargeddie
Comment:
Contemporary reports record Govan as 'the city's (Glasgow) huge
dockside parish', and the Motherwell diocese, as having 'a population of
134,559, ... the second largest in Scotland and includes the huge
coalfields and heavy industry plants of mid-Scotland'.
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