Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . heaviest weighing 35 cwt., andthe total cost was £1300, towards whichmany of the leading citizens of all churchesfreely contributed. With the opening of St. Marys theRoman Catholic congregation formerlyworshipping in St. Peters removedthither. The Very Rev. John Sutherland,who had for several years assisted PriestGordon, took a prominent part in securingthe erection of the new church, and he wasafterwards placed in charge of it. Subse-quently he was appointed Provost of theCathedral Chapter. Quiet in his style asa preacher, earnest and faithf
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . heaviest weighing 35 cwt., andthe total cost was £1300, towards whichmany of the leading citizens of all churchesfreely contributed. With the opening of St. Marys theRoman Catholic congregation formerlyworshipping in St. Peters removedthither. The Very Rev. John Sutherland,who had for several years assisted PriestGordon, took a prominent part in securingthe erection of the new church, and he wasafterwards placed in charge of it. Subse-quently he was appointed Provost of theCathedral Chapter. Quiet in his style asa preacher, earnest and faithful in hiswork, he was very highly esteemed. Duringhis time the debt on the church, whichoriginally cost about £20,000, was in large measure cleared off, and the first part ofNazareth House was built. Mr. Suther-land was returned as a member of the firstAberdeen School Board in 1873 as the re-presentative of the Catholics. In 1875,however, he left for Huntly, and his workat St. Marys came to an end. He re-mained at Huntly until his death, twenty. The Very Rev. John Sutherland. years later, in January, 1895, when he wasin the seventy-second year of his age andthe forty-eighth of his priesthood. Mr Sutherlands successor was the Stopani, whose work for can never be forgotten. was a native of Aberdeen, to whichhis father had come as a refugee, andw here he afterwards established a in 1830 in a Catholic home, and in-heriting Catholic traditions, his thoughtshad early turned to the priesthood, and atthe age of thirteen he entered on his courseof ecclesiastical studies at Blairs afterwards left for Spain to finish hiscourse in the College of San Ambrosia, andhe was ordained priest on 30th May. 1854,Returning to Scotland, he began hisministry at Preshome, in Banffshire, butin a few months he was sent to labour as ST. MARYS ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL 315 a priest in his native city. He never after-wards left it. Mr. Stopani had been
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