Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . r, the whole city seemed to mourn hisloss. He was honoured with a publicfuneral, the Lord Provost and Magistratesattending, and many ministers of variousdenominations. So dense was the crowdin the streets that at first the funeral pro-cession had difficulty in advancing, andthe entire route to the place of intermentin the Snow Churchyard at Old Aberdeenwas lined with thousands of citizens. Itwas felt that in the death of the venerablepriest a public benefactor had been lost tothe city. The Catholics had special cause tomourn his decease, as h
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . r, the whole city seemed to mourn hisloss. He was honoured with a publicfuneral, the Lord Provost and Magistratesattending, and many ministers of variousdenominations. So dense was the crowdin the streets that at first the funeral pro-cession had difficulty in advancing, andthe entire route to the place of intermentin the Snow Churchyard at Old Aberdeenwas lined with thousands of citizens. Itwas felt that in the death of the venerablepriest a public benefactor had been lost tothe city. The Catholics had special cause tomourn his decease, as he had representedtheir Church in the eyes of the communityin a manner they could scarcely value toohighly. The Schools in Constitution Streetare his permanent memorial, and thegranite statue of the priest which stands inthe front of the buildings is an object ofinterest to the numerous visitors who nowpass along the street, which is one of themain thoroughfares to the seaside. In 1848 Rev. John Ritchie had been ST. PETERS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 321. Rev. Andrew Grant.; given as second curate to assist Mr. Gordon,along with Rev. John Reid. Mr. Reiddied of typhus fever, and Mr. Ritchie wascalled by Bishop Kyle, in 1854. to Pres-home. Rev. John Sutherland and Stopani were sent to fill theirplaces in St. Peters, and, from 30thNovember in that year, Mr. Sutherlandtook in hand the whole management of theaffairs of the congregation. The erection of St. Marys Cath-edral, in Huntly Street, now cameto be thought of, and on its com-pletion, in 1860, the congregation ofSt. Peters removed westward to the newbuilding. St. Peters remained closed forsome time, and then it was opened as astation served from the Cathedral. Thebuildings were also used by the Sisters of Nazareth on their arrival in Aberdeen asa. hospice for the aged and an orphanagefor the young. They remained in till the present Nazareth House inClaremont Street was built. St. Petersserved also as the rooms o
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