John Strain

The Most Reverend John Menzies Strain
Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh
Archdiocese	St. Andrews and Edinburgh
Installed	1878
Term ended	1883
Successor	William Smith
Other posts	Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae 1864–1878
Orders
Ordination	9 June 1833 (Priest)
Consecration	25 September 1864 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born	8 December 1810 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	2 July 1883 (aged 72) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Hugh Strain and Cecilia Strain (née McKenzie)

John Menzies Strain (1810–1883) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the first Archbishop of the Metropolitan see of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Born in Edinburgh on 8 December 1810, he was the son of Hugh Strain and Cecilia Strain (née McKenzie). He was educated at Edinburgh High School, the Seminary in Aquhorties, Aberdeenshire, and the Scots College in Rome.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 9 June 1833. He left Rome on 3 August 1833, returning to Scotland, where he served at St Mary's, Edinburgh for two months, then appointed an assistant at Dumfries. He was appointed to take charge of the mission at Dalbeattie on 17 March 1835, which included the greater part of Kirkcudbrightshire. He returned to Dumfries in 1857 to take charge of the mission there. In 1859, he became the President of St Mary's College, Blairs, Aberdeen.

He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae by the Holy See on 2 September 1864 and consecrated to the Episcopate at the Vatican on 25 September 1864. The principal consecrator was Pope Pius IX, and the principal co-consecrators were Cardinal Giuseppe Berardi and Archbishop François Marinelli.

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