Gordon Gray (cardinal)
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His Eminence Gordon Gray |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of St. Andrews and Edinburgh | |
| Archdiocese | St. Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Installed | 1951 |
| Term ended | 1985 |
| Predecessor | Andrew McDonald |
| Successor | Keith O'Brien |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 June 1935 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 20 June 1951 (Archbishop) |
| Created Cardinal | 28 April 1969 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Gordon Joseph Gray |
| Born | 10 August 1910 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 19 July 1993 (aged 82) Edinburgh Royal Infirmary |
| Buried | Crypt of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Parents | Frank Gray and Angela Gray (née Oddy) |
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Gordon Joseph Gray (10 August 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Scottish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh from 1951 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. He was the first resident Scottish cardinal since the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy in 1878 and since the Reformation.
Gordon Gray was born in Leith to Frank and Angela (née Oddy) Gray. He was the youngest of three children, he had a sister, Josephine, and a brother, George. After he attended Holy Cross Academy in Edinburgh, his uncle John Gray, a canon, suggested that he become a priest. He then studied at St. Joseph's Junior College in East Sussex from 1927 to July 1929, and entered St. John's Seminary in Wonersh in September 1929.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Andrew McDonald, O.S.B. on 15 June 1935 and did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh until 1947. Attending St. Andrews University from 1936 to 1939, Gray became the first Catholic priest to graduate there since the Reformation. In 1939 he entered St Mary's University College, Twickenham in London, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. He was later made rector of St Mary's College, Blairs, near Aberdeen in 1947.
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