GILLIS

Most Rev. James ( only child of Alexander Gillis of Fochabers, Elgin, who d. Nov. 1833 ). b. Montreal 7 April 1802; founded St. Margaret’s convent, Edinburgh for nuns of the Ursuline order 16 June 1835; coadjutor bishop of Eastern district of Scotland 28 July 1837; consecrated bishop of Limyra in part i bus 22 July 1838; vicar apostolic of East of Scotland 24 May 1852 to death; introduced the Jesuits into his district 1859; author of Facts relating to admi ion into catholic church of viscount and viscounte Feilding 1850 and many letters and discourses. d. Green hill near Edinburgh 24 Feb. 1864. Gordon’s Catholic mi ion in Scotland (18  ) 480, portrait ; History of St. Margaret’s convent, Edinburgh (1886), portrait ; Morgan’s Bibliotheca Can a dens is (1867) 151–3.