Career
Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 12 February 1752, he was ordained a priest on 17 April 1775. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Oreus by the Holy See on 8 November 1791. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 February 1792.
The principal consecrator was Bishop George Hay, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District.
In 1801, he founded Lismore Seminary. He died in office on 8 July 1814, aged 62.