SCOTLAND
DEATH OF A VENERABLE PRIEST.; ri : r; The Church in Scotland has lost one of her oldest and most' distinguished priests by the death of Very Rev. Dean Bernard Tracy, of Barrhead. He was born in Cumber, County Derry, Ireland, on April 24, 1832 For twenty years he was in charge of the. mission in Pollokshaws, Scotland. While there he was .chosen a member of the school board, and was the first priest in the country to be honored in that capacity. For thirteen years he was pastor of Neilston and for nineteen of Barrhead. He was conspicuous for his love for the poor. ' '
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New Zealand Tablet, 25 April 1912, Page 55
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105SCOTLAND New Zealand Tablet, 25 April 1912, Page 55
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