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Motion · S6M-06707 · 9 Nov 2022

Former Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti dies

Lodged by Annie Wells Standard Motion 36 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament pays tribute to The Emeritus Archbishop of Glasgow, Archbishop Mario Conti, who passed away on 8 November 2022; understands that Archbishop Conti died peacefully after a short illness at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow; notes that Archbishop Emeritus Mario Conti had been a priest for 64 years and a bishop for 45 years; understands that he trained at St Mary's College in Blairs, Aberdeenshire, before studying at the Scots College and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained degrees in philosophy and theology, and that he was later ordained a priest in Rome on 26 October 1958; notes that, after a series of roles, including his only parish priest appointment to Wick and Thurso, Scotland’s most northerly mainland Catholic parishes, he was named Bishop of Aberdeen in February 1977; understands that he was one of the last surviving bishops in the world to have been appointed by Pope (now saint) Paul VI; further understands that, after 25 years in Aberdeen as bishop, he was named as successor to Cardinal Tom Winning as Archbishop of Glasgow in 2002, and served in that role for 10 years, and believes that the death of Archbishop Mario will be felt not just in the Archdiocese of Glasgow, but across Scotland and beyond.

Supporters (36)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.