The headstone of the Bishops and Clergy of Dunkeld Diocese is in urgent need of restoration. The historic stone, set high at the top of Dundee’s Balgay Cemetery, marks the resting place of six of Dunkeld’s Bishops – + Angus MacFarlane (1901-12), + Robert Fraser (1913-14), + James McGuire (Coadjutor 1939-44), + John Toner (1914-49), + William Andrew Hart (1955-1981), + Vincent Logan (1981-2012) together with 19 other priests who served in the city and beyond.
The restoration work will include re-securing the foundations; repairing, cleaning and resetting the marble and refreshing the inscriptions involving over 1000 characters of text.
The estimated cost of this work is in the region of £25,000.
Please consider a donation to contribute to the cost of restoration. It would be most gratefully received. Click on the DONATE button below and chose ‘Bishops’ Headstone’; or pay by cheque – Make payable to ‘Diocese of Dunkeld”’ mail to Finance Administrator, Diocese of Dunkeld, 24-28 Lawside Road, Dundee, DD3 6XY. Please state in your mailing ‘Bishops’ Headstone’
Via BACS – Sort Code 83-18-32, Account Number 00140054, Ref: Headstone
Thank you. We will keep you up to date with the donations received to date in the next edition of Dunkeld News.