Alexander Cameron (priest)
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Alexander Cameron S.J. (1701 – 19 October 1746) was a Scottish nobleman, servant to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, and Roman Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus. After travelling in Catholic Europe and the Caribbean, Cameron converted from the Non-Juring Anglican Communion to Roman Catholicism and was ordained as a priest. Fr. Cameron ran a highly successful vicariate for the still illegal and underground Catholic Church in Scotland in Lochaber and Strathglass before joining the as a military chaplain to the regiment of the Jacobite Army commanded by his brother, Donald Cameron of Lochiel, during the Uprising of 1745.
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Alexander Cameron (priest)
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Fr. Alexander CameronS.J.
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Fr. Alexander Cameron S.J.
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1746-10-19
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Achnagarry, Scotland
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Scottish Priest, Missionary, Military Chaplain
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Alexander Cameron S.J. (1701 – 19 October 1746) was a Scottish nobleman, servant to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, and Roman Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus. After travelling in Catholic Europe and the Caribbean, Cameron converted from the Non-Juring Anglican Communion to Roman Catholicism and was ordained as a priest. Fr. Cameron ran a highly successful vicariate for the still illegal and underground Catholic Church in Scotland in Lochaber and Strathglass before joining the as a military chaplain to the regiment of the Jacobite Army commanded by his brother, Donald Cameron of Lochiel, during the Uprising of 1745. After the Battle of Culloden, Fr. Cameron was captured by the British Army and died of the hardships of his imprisonment while being held without trial aboard a prison hulk anchored in the Thames River. He is currently being promoted by the Knights of St Columba for Canonization by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Difficult Conversions, Military Chaplains, New Evangelisation, Scottish Highlands
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