Former Bishop of Aberdeen Peter Moran dies aged 91

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Right Reverend Peter Moran, who led the Diocese of Aberdeen from 2003 to 2011, has died aged 91.

Right Reverend Peter Moran, the former Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen, has died aged 91. The Diocese of Aberdeen announced his death on Friday morning at Northcote Lodge Care Home in Aberdeen, where he had lived in recent years.

Bishop Moran served as bishop from December 2003 until August 2011. Born in Glasgow in April 1935, he was educated at St Aloysius' College before studying in Rome at the Pontifical Scots College and the Pontifical Gregorian University. Following his ordination as a priest in 1959, he served in parishes in Glasgow before spending more than two decades teaching at Blairs College, near Aberdeen, from 1964 to 1986. He later served as parish priest in Blairs and Inverurie, and was appointed a Canon of St Mary's Cathedral in Aberdeen in 1995.

His successor Bishop Hugh Gilbert paid tribute to him, describing him as 'one of the most genuinely humble men I have ever met'. 'He was a priest to his fingertips, utterly dedicated to his vocation and to the service of the Church,' Bishop Hugh said. 'He was a man of immense gifts, but he wore them lightly. He was loved and respected as a priest and bishop, and he will be remembered with enormous affection by his family, fellow priests, former students and so many people whose lives he touched.'

How it is being reported

• Former Bishop of Aberdeen Right Reverend Peter Moran dies aged 91Right Reverend Peter Moran died at Northcote Lodge Care Home on Friday.Press and Journal · 13 Nov, 19:22
• Former Bishop of Aberdeen dies aged 91The Diocese of Aberdeen announced that the Right Reverend Peter Moran had died on Friday at Northcote Lodge Care Home.BBC North East Orkney And Shetland · 13 Nov, 18:27

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